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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?NationalismSectionalismPopular SovereigntySecession - 2. Multiple ChoiceEvery state north of Missouri's southern border had to be what kind of state?FreeSlaveFrontierSovereign
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat idea was introduced by the Compromise of 1850?Popular SovereigntySucessionLimited GovernmentFugitive Slave Law
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWho is the slave or former slave that lost his case, then won his case, then lost his case and then took his case all the way to the Federal Supreme Court and lost his case trying to gain his freedom?Stephen DouglasPlessy FergusonDred ScottFredrick Douglas
- 5. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Federal Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case?In favor of Dred ScottAgainst Dred Scott
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Taney Supreme Court decision, slaves can never be what?CitizensLandownersPaidBought
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court...avoided controversy by ruling that Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court.ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so.ruled that a slave that had been transported to a free state or territory was a free citizen of the Untied States.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe Compromise of 1850...allowed California to enter as a free state.ended the Fugitive Slave law.gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.banned slaver in Washington D.C.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAn abolitionist supported which of the following causes?outlawing alcoholending slaverylimiting slavery to southern statesending women's suffrage
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWho is associated with the Underground Railroad?Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet TubmanJohn C. CalhounFrederick Douglass
- 11. Multiple ChoiceTariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.foreign goodsamerican made goodsice creamslaves
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?the norththe souththe westAlaska
- 13. Multiple ChoiceIn the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?MissouriMaineKentuckyOhio
- 14. Multiple ChoiceIn the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?MissouriMaineKentuckyAlabama
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhere was the Missouri Compromise line?36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the South or pro-slavery states get the worst deal in the Missouri Compromise?There was more land north of the 36-30 line which didn't allow slaveryIt lost votes in the SenateIt lost votes in the House of RepresentativesThere was more land below the 36-30 line
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAt the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?In the House of RepresentativesIn the SenateIn the Executive BranchIn the Judicial Branch
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWho came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?James MonroeGeorge WashingtonThomas JeffersonHenry Clay
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat Did The Kansas Nebraska Act Do Between The North And The South?Created peaceful tensions between themRaised the tensions between the sides and started a mini war
- 20. Multiple ChoiceBetween 1850 and 1860, which of the following issues was a major area of conflict in U.S. politics?Debate over tariffsexpansion of slaveryU.S. policy of neutralityGrowth of cities
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following literary works of Harriet Beecher Stowe supported the abolitionist movement before the Civil War?Up From SlaveryGone with the WindUncle Tom's CabinThe Jungle
- 22. Multiple ChoiceIn the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?Dred Scott DecisionCompromise of 1820Fugitive Slave LawCompromise of 1850
- 23. Multiple ChoiceKansas earned this nickname as a result of the violence that broke out.The show me StateThe Ghost TownPottowatomie massacreBleeding Kansas
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left KansasKansas became a slave stateBorder ruffians invaded and took control of NebraskaBloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the secret organization that helped slaves to escape to freedom?Underground RailroadSeneca Falls ConventionNational RoadAmerican Temperence Union
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