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A Divided Nation
Section 1 FILL IN THE BLANK For each of the following statements, fill in the
blank with the appropriate word, phrase, or name. 1. The
of 1820 prohibited slavery north of latitude
36˚30'. 2. Referring to the Mexican Cession, the
stated that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of [the] territory.”
3. Differences between northerners and southerners over the issue of slavery is an
example of
.
4. Proposed by Henry Clay, the
called for the admission
of California as a free state, among other provisions. 5. Senator
of South Carolina asked that the slave states be allowed “to separate and part in peace.”
6. On March 7, 1850, Senator
of Massachusetts spoke in front of the Senate in favor of the Compromise of 1850.
7. Fugitive slave
from Virginia was arrested in Boston in
1854. 8. The
made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officials to arrest those slaves in free areas.
9. Within a decade of it’s publication in 1862,
, an anti-
slavery novel that electrified the nation, had sold 2 million copies. 10. Abraham Lincoln is said to have once referred to
as
“the little lady who made this big war.”
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A Divided Nation SECTION 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Missouri Compromise Wilmot Proviso sectionalism Compromise of 1850 John C. Calhoun Daniel Webster Anthony Burns Fugitive Slave Act Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
SECTION 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
c, Franklin Pierce b, Democrats j, Stephen Douglas f, Kansas-Nebraska Act e, Kansas d, John Brown a, Charles Sumner h, Preston Brooks i, slavery k, The Sack of Lawrence
The Nation Expands UNIT FOUR BENCHMARK TEST 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
SECTION 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
j, Republican Party e, James Buchanan c, Dred Scott k, Roger B. Taney a, Abraham Lincoln d, Freeport Doctrine i, Lincoln-Douglas g, John C. Frémont m, Supreme Court l, slavery
SECTION 4 1. F, John Brown led the raid on Harpers 2. 3. 4. 5.
B B B D C A C C C C A A D D A B A B A
Ferry. F, Did not come, fearing punishment T T T
CHAPTER TEST
D C A C D A B B D A A C A B C B A C C A A D
1. D
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