Chapter 21 Practice Quiz
Use this picture to answer questions 1-4:
1. Harper's Weekly magazine printed this picture of a slave auction in the
South in 1861. Who is being auctioned off as property?
A.
A. African American men only
B.
B. African American men and women
C.
C. African American men, women, and children
D.
D. African American women only
2. In 1861 seven states left the Union and formed the Confederate States of
America (CSA). The artist drew the CSA's first official flag to show that
A.
A. the scene took place in the South.
B.
B. the scene took place after secession.
C.
C. slavery took place in the South.
D.
D. all of the above
3. Locate the man in the black suit and hat. Based on the setting and date of the
scene and your knowledge of Section 21.2, what was this man doing?
A.
A. trying to get signatures on an anti-slavery petition
B.
B. trying to get people to buy the woman and her baby
C.
C. protesting slavery as immoral and unconstitutional
D.
D. trying to get support for the Tallmadge Amendment
4. Between 1820 and 1860, Americans were divided over
A.
B.
C.
D.
the Tallmadge Amendment.
admitting Alabama as a slave state.
the issue of slavery.
the process of adding new states to the Union.
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Use this transcript to answer questions 5-8:
Transcript of the Missouri Compromise
An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state
government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing
with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress
assembled, That the inhabitants of that portion of the Missouri territory included within
the boundaries herein after designated, be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for
themselves a constitution and state government, and to assume such name as they
shall deem proper; and the said state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union,
upon an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatsoever. . . . Section 8.
And be it further enacted. That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States,
under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes
north latitude, not included within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act,
slavery and involuntary servitude . . . shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited:
Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labour or service
is lawfully claimed, in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be
lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labour or service as
aforesaid. APPROVED, March 6, 1820.
5. What did the Missouri Compromise authorize the people of the Missouri
territory to do?
A. vote on becoming a state
B. form a state government
C. vote on allowing slavery
D. decide the size of their state
6. Which of the following was a provision of the Missouri Compromise?
A. Missouri could join the Union as a slave state.
B. Missouri could join the Union as a free state.
C. Maine could join the Union as a slave state.
D. Maine and Missouri could join the Union as slave states.
7. Why did abolitionists protest the "gag rule" of 1836?
A. It prevented abolitionists from speaking against slavery.
B. It silenced congressional debate about slavery.
C. It attempted to ban abolitionist ideas in Missouri.
D. It banned attacks against slavery in newspapers.
8. Congress passed the Missouri Compromise in 1820. What happened in 1849
that threatened to upset the balance between slave states and free states?
A. California applied for admission to the Union as a free state.
B. The people of Missouri voted to secede from the United States.
C. Congress approved the Wilmot Proviso banning slavery in the Mexican
Cession.
D. Southerners succeeded in opening all of the Mexican Cession to slavery.
Use this picture to answer questions 9-12:
9. The Fugitive Slave Act was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. To
whom was this poster addressed?
A. enslaved African Americans in the South
B. watchmen and police officers in Boston
C. free African Americans in Boston
D. slave catchers in the South
10. Why did the poster warn free African Americans to avoid watchmen and
police officers?
A. Free African Americans were at risk of being enslaved.
B. Watchmen and police officers had the authority to capture escaped slaves.
C. Free African Americans were being hired as slave catchers.
D. all of the above
11. Who most likely created the poster?
A. abolitionists
B. the mayor of Boston
C. the Boston police
D. slave catchers
12. Why did New England poet Ralph Waldo Emerson say that the Fugitive Slave
Act made "slave catchers of us all"?
A. The act said that citizens must capture at least one slave or pay higher taxes
to the government.
B. The act resulted in the capture of tens of thousands of escaped slaves living in
the North.
C. The act said that people who helped escaped slaves or refused to aid slave
catchers could be jailed.
D. The act forced free African Americans to capture escaped slaves or become
slaves themselves.
Use this picture to answer questions 13-16:
13. This picture of Abraham Lincoln was taken about 1858. Based on what you
know from the chapter, which statement is accurate about this picture?
A. The picture was taken after Lincoln became president.
B. The picture was taken before the Missouri Compromise.
C. The picture was taken after the Supreme Court decided the Dred Scott case.
D. The picture was taken before the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
14. Abraham Lincoln ran for the U.S. Senate in 1858. In the campaign, Lincoln
spoke against the Dred Scott decision. The Dred Scott decision said that
A. the time Scott spent in a free state made him a free man.
B. African Americans had the same rights as whites.
C. African Americans were not citizens.
D. free African Americans were citizens.
15. The main issue of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was
A. John Brown's raid.
B. the future of slavery.
C. who would be the best senator from Illinois.
D. who would be the best president in the 1860 election.
16. During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln's view of slavery was that
A. it was a legal issue.
B. the nation could continue as half-free and half-slave.
C. slavery would cause the Union to dissolve.
D. it was a moral issue.
Use this paragraph to answer questions 17-20:
In 1861, seven southern states left the Union and formed the Confederate States
of America (CSA). Compare the text from the CSA constitution with the U.S.
Constitution.
Constitution of the Confederate States of America Preamble We, the people of
the Confederate States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent
character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice,
insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity—invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God—do ordain
and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America. Article 1.
The Legislative Branch Section 1. The Legislature 1. All legislative powers herein
delegated shall be vested in a Congress of the Confederate States, which shall
consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. . . . Article 2. The Executive
Branch Section 1. The President 1. The executive power shall be vested in a
President of the Confederate States of America. He and the Vice President shall
hold their offices for the term of six years; but the President shall not be reeligible.
. . . Article 3. The Judicial Branch Section 1. Judicial powers 1. The judicial power
of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such
inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish. The
judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during
good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a
compensation which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. .
. . Article 4. The States Section 1. Each State to Honor all others 1. Full faith and
credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial
proceedings of every other State; and the Congress may, by general laws,
prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be
proved, and the effect thereof. Section 2. State citizens, Extradition 1. The
citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of
citizens in the several States; and shall have the right of transit and sojourn in any
State of this Confederacy, with their slaves and other property; and the right of
property in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired. . . .
17. How is the preamble of the CSA constitution similar to the
preamble of the U.S. Constitution?
A. Both included the phrase "in order to form a more perfect Union."
B. Both listed goals of government, such as ensuring domestic
tranquility.
C. Neither included the phrase "We the people."
D. Both gave the reasons for separating from a mother country.
18. In which way is the CSA constitution similar to the U.S.
Constitution?
A. They both established three branches of government.
B. They both set up one house of Congress.
C. They both allowed the Supreme Court to create lower courts.
D. Neither of them created an office of the vice president.
19. How is the term of office for the president in Article 2 of the CSA
constitution different from that in Article II of the U.S. Constitution?
A. The CSA constitution set a three-year term, and the U.S.
Constitution set a term of four years.
B. The CSA constitution set a six-year term, and the U.S. Constitution
set a term of four years.
C. The CSA constitution set a six-year term, and the U.S. Constitution
set a term of two years.
D. The CSA constitution did not limit the president's term, and the U.S.
Constitution did.
20. In the CSA constitution, read Article 4, Section 2, Clause 1.
Which of the following is accurate about this clause?
A. It safeguarded the rights of slaves, who were recognized as
citizens.
B. It said that ownership of slaves must be transferred to the federal
government of the CSA.
C. It prohibited citizens from moving their slaves to another state in
the CSA.
D. It protected the right of citizens to own slaves, who were treated
as property.