A Nation Divided

In 1860 the United States had one of the strangest elections in the nation’s history. An Illinois lawyer named _____________ was elected president

• John F Kennedy

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

Upon being elected, Abraham Lincoln was quoted saying “Well, boys, your troubles are over; mine have just begun.” What “troubles” was Lincoln referring to?

• 1. The issue of how to keep the country half with legal enslavement and half free.

• 1. Presiding over a nation was split over the issue of slavery and preparing for civil war.

• 1. Explaining to his friends and family the moral issues that came with being president.

• 1. Ignoring the issue of slavery all together.

As the election of 1860 drew to a close, the United States was preparing for __________

• civil war

• a deep economic recession

• the civil rights movement

• Suffrage (the right to vote) for women

Congress had made a way to form new states. It was called the ___________ of 1787. This law listed the steps leading to statehood.

• Path of Statehood

• Northwest Ordinance

• Territorial Succession Act

• Territorial Pathway

The Northwest Ordinance banned slavery __________

• West of the Mississippi

• East of the Appalachian Mountains

• West of the Rocky Mountains

• North of the Ohio River

Some Southerners in Congress questioned whether Missouri should be admitted as a state with slavery.

• True

• False

The bill to make Missouri a state came before Congress. Representative James Tallmadge of

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_____________ proposed an amendment to the bill. The amendment said that Missouri could join the Union, but only as a free state.

• Mississippi

• Ohio

• Pennsylvania

• New York

• Florida

As long as the number of states without slavery and states with slavery remained equal, Southern senators could potentially defeat any attempt to interfere with slavery. However, if ___________entered the Union as a free state, the South would lose its power to block antislavery bills in the Senate.

• Missouri

• Michigan

• Minnesota

• Arkansas

Which statements are TRUE about the Tallmadge Amendment? (pick 3)

• Missouri could join the union, but only as a slave state

• The amendment stirred up strong anti-slavery feelings in Northern States.

• Missouri could join the union, but only as a free state

• It forbid the North from having more representation in the House than the South

• Southerners believed it violated their "States Rights"

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Missouri to the Union as a state with slavery and __________ as a state without slavery. In this way, Congress maintained the balance of power between the two types of states.

• Michigan

• Maine

• Montana

• West Virginia