Antebellum Review - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who proposed the Missouri Compromise, Compromise Tariff of 1832, and Compromise of 1850?

John C. Calhoun

John Quincy Adams

Henry Clay

Daniel Webster

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which law required everyone to help catch runaway slaves and was part of the Compromise of 1850?

Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Fugitive Slave Act

Missouri Compromise

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was from South Carolina, supported slavery, opposed tariffs, and claimed states could nullify a federal law?

John C. Calhoun

John Quincy Adams

Henry Clay

Daniel Webster

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is popular sovereignty?

Power of Congress to check the President's power

Power of people to vote if they want slavery or not

Right of states to nullify federal laws

Movement of people to cities

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott Decision?

Slaves are U.S. citizens and not property

Dred Scott was granted his freedom

Slavery was prohibited in all new territories

Congress had no power to prohibit slavery

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was from Massachusetts, was nicknamed "Old Man Eloquent", opposed slavery, and was a former president?

Daniel Webster

John C. Calhoun

John Quincy Adams

Henry Clay

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which 1820 law divided free and slave territories at the 36*30'N and maintained a balance of free and slave states?

Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Fugitive Slave Act

Missouri Compromise

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was from Massachusetts, opposed slavery, supported tariffs, and was opposed to nullification?

John C. Calhoun

John Quincy Adams

Henry Clay

Daniel Webster

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who ran for president multiple times (was never elected), was from the west, and was known as the Great Compromiser?

Henry Clay

John C. Calhoun

Daniel Webster

John Quincy Adams

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which law annexed California as a free state, allowed popular sovereignty in 2 territories in the Mexican Cession, and banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C.?

Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Fugitive Slave Act

Missouri Compromise

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is NOT true of the Fugitive Slave Act?

People could be fined $1000 for refusing to assist slave catchers

People could be put to death for hiding fugitive slaves.

Commissioners were paid $5 to free accused fugitive slaves

Commissioners were paid $10 to free accused fugitive slaves

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which law allowed popular sovereignty in 2 territories above the Missouri Compromise line?

Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Fugitive Slave Act

Missouri Compromise

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What term is NOT related to the economy of the North?

Textiles

New Orleans

Trade

Tariffs

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What term is not related to the economy of the South

New Orleans

Cotton

Slavery

Urbanization

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Tubman

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Susan B Anthony

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which state was "bleeding" because of conflict over slavery?

Kansas

California

Missouri

Nebraska

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What law inspired the writing of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Compromise Tariff Act

Missouri Compromise

Fugitive Slave Act

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which territory did NOT use popular sovereignty to determine if slavery would be legal?

Missouri

Kansas

Utah

New Mexico

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Where did the Compromise of 1850 ban the slave trade?

Utah

New Mexico

Washington D.C.

Indian Territory

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following overturned all compromises on slavery legalizing slavery in all western territories?

Fugitive Slave Act

Dred Scott Decision

Indian Removal Act

Emancipation Proclamation

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