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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Missouri Compromise preserved the balance between slave states and free states.
True
False
- 2. Multiple Choice
Won the 1848 presidential election
Compromise of 1850
Freeport Doctrine
Roger B. Taney
Zachary Taylor
Henry David Thoreau
- 3. Multiple Choice
Arose from the Lincoln-Douglas debates
Compromise of 1850
Freeport Doctrine
Roger B. Taney
Zachary Taylor
Henry David Thoreau
- 4. Multiple Choice
Wrote “Civil Disobedience”
Compromise of 1850
Freeport Doctrine
Roger B. Taney
Zachary Taylor
Henry David Thoreau
- 5. Multiple Choice
Wrote the Dred Scott decision
Compromise of 1850
Freeport Doctrine
Roger B. Taney
Zachary Taylor
Henry David Thoreau
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of these was the result of enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act?
anger in the North
compromise on the slavery question
recognition of states' rights
resolution of the slavery question
- 7. Multiple Choice
James Polk and the Democrats favored the annexation of which state?
Maine
Missouri
North Carolina
Texas
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does abstain mean?
to create a network
to leave the Union
to not vote
to vote
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who was a violent opponent of slavery?
Preston Brooks
John Brown
Andrew P. Butler
Charles Sumner
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
admission of Illinois to the Union
economic issues
slavery
war with Mexico
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who believed that neither Congress nor local governments had the authority to ban slavery from a territory?
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Zachary Taylor
Daniel Webster
- 12. Multiple Choice
The South was mostly pleased by the Dred Scott decision because the Supreme Court ruled that
Dred Scott could own slaves
Dred Scott must be freed
restricting slavery was unconstitutional
human beings were not property
- 13. Multiple Choice
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Scott v. Sandford
was a popular decision throughout the nation
received almost no support in the South
ourtraged opponents of slavery
was overturned by presidential veto
- 14. Multiple Choice
Name used in 1856 newspaper stories about events in Lawrence, Kansas
36° 30’ North Latitude
“Bleeding Kansas”
John Brown
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 15. Multiple Choice
Put the issue of slavery to popular vote
36° 30’ North Latitude
“Bleeding Kansas”
John Brown
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 16. Multiple Choice
Included the Fugitive Slave Act
36° 30’ North Latitude
“Bleeding Kansas”
John Brown
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 17. Multiple Choice
The line that marked the division between slave states and non-slave states
36° 30’ North Latitude
“Bleeding Kansas”
John Brown
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 18. Multiple Choice
Violent abolitionist
36° 30’ North Latitude
“Bleeding Kansas”
John Brown
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 19. Multiple Choice
What approach did Senator Stephen A. Douglas propose as an alternative to the Missouri Compromise?
Gadsden Purchase
Texas-Maine Act
popular sovereignty
free soil
- 20. Multiple Choice
What is the name for a war between citizens of the same country?
civil war
cold war
inter-country war
undeclared war
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which was the first state to vote to secede from the Union?
Georgia
Maryland
Missouri
South Carolina
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
attack on Fort Sumter
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln inauguration
secession of South Carolina
- 23. Multiple Choice
Even though his name was not on the ballot in most Southern states, ______________ won the election of 1860.
Breckinridge
Bell
Lincoln
Douglas
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