lesson 20 (unit 2)

Question 1

When did the “slave states” almost secede from the Union?

Answer 1

1850

Question 2

What was the compromise of 1850?

Answer 2

1. California would be admitted as a free state
2. New Mexico would be a territory, but not a state
3. Texas gave up the part of New Mexico it had claimed
4. The U.S. government forgave the debt owed by Texas
5. The U.S. government paid Texas 10,000,000 for the land released to New Mexico
6. It became illegal to smuggle slaves from the South to the North and set them free

Question 3

What famous person from Ilinois was against slavery?

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln

Question 4

When was the Missouri Compromise of 1820 repealed?

Answer 4

1854. It allowed residents of new states choose whether or not the state should have slaves or be free

Question 5

What was something that happened in 1856 and the 1860s that was a step to the Civil War?

Answer 5

in 1865 abolitionists killed 5 pro-slavers and in the 1860s battles continued between the 2 groups.

Question 6

What is the underground railroad?

Answer 6

When abolitionists smuggled slaves to Canada on wagons or trains. They continued even after it was illegal.

Question 7

When was Abraham Lincoln elected?

Answer 7

1860

Question 8

What was the first state to secede after Abraham Lincoln was elected?

Answer 8

South Carolina

Question 9

Why did South Carolina and 5 other states secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected?

Answer 9

Because he wanted to abolish slavery, which the Southern states didn’t want