MAP Social Studies 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 do?
- Banned slavery in all new states
- Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state (Correct answer)
- Let Missouri leave the Union
- Made Missouri a free state and Maine a slave state
Correct answer: Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
The compromise kept the balance of free and slave states by admitting Missouri (slave) and Maine (free).
Question 2: In which Missouri city did Dred Scott first file his lawsuit for freedom?
- Kansas City
- Springfield
- Jefferson City
- St. Louis (Correct answer)
Correct answer: St. Louis
Dred Scott sued for his freedom in the St. Louis courthouse, and the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 1857.
Question 3: In what year did Missouri become a state?
- 1821 (Correct answer)
- 1803
- 1812
- 1861
Correct answer: 1821
Missouri became the 24th state on August 10, 1821.
Question 4: From which country did the United States buy the Louisiana Territory, which included present-day Missouri?
- Spain
- Great Britain
- France (Correct answer)
- Mexico
Correct answer: France
The U.S. bought the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.
Question 5: Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery started up the Missouri River in 1804 from an area near which city?
- Independence
- St. Louis (Correct answer)
- Hannibal
- Cape Girardeau
Correct answer: St. Louis
The expedition left from Camp Dubois, across from St. Louis, and went up the Missouri River.
Question 6: Which U.S. president grew up in Missouri and lived in Independence?
- Abraham Lincoln
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Harry S. Truman (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president, was born in Lamar and lived in Independence, Missouri.
Question 7: During the Civil War, what was true about Missouri?
- It was a border state that stayed in the Union but had divided loyalties (Correct answer)
- It joined the Confederacy officially in 1860
- It stayed neutral and sent no soldiers
- It banned slavery before the war started
Correct answer: It was a border state that stayed in the Union but had divided loyalties
Missouri stayed in the Union as a slave-holding border state, but its people were bitterly divided.
MAP Social Studies 2
What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 do?