In the late 1840s, what led to the question of whether slavery should expand to the territories? |
The results of the Mexican War |
Abolitionists believed that slavery |
morally wrong and wanted to end it. |
Who wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854? |
Stephen Douglas |
What event started "Bleeding Kansas"? |
Border ruffians raided the anti-slavery town of Lawrence, Kansas |
Which of these were nullified by the Kansas-Nebraska Act? |
Missouri Compromise |
Seceding states believed that they had to leave the Union in order to |
protect their property and their way of life. |
How did Lincoln approach the issue of slavery in his speeches? |
He condemned slavery and affirmed the idea of African American’s natural rights |
What is the "domestic institution" that Lincoln is referring to in his inaugural address? |
Slavery |
James Buchanan promised to |
end the agitation over the issue of slavery. |
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncles Tom’s Cabin infuriated the South because it |
spread anti-slavery sentiment in the North. |
The events of "Bleeding Kansas" can be attributed to |
the competition of opposing political groups. |
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 angered northerners because it |
increased federal intervention in the affairs of independent states. |
In the election of 1848 the major parties were forced to take a stand on slavery because of |
the rise of the Free Soil Party. |
"Bleeding Kansas" demonstrated that popular sovereignty was |
an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. |
Which of the following events directly caused the outbreak of the Civil War? |
The attack at Fort Sumter |
To what did Abraham Lincoln refer when he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."? |
… |
What provision did the Compromise of 1850 include? |
California would be admitted as a free state |
The election of 1860 showed that the North and the South were two distinct political entities because |
Lincoln won without a single Southern electoral vote. |
What was Lincoln’s view on African Americans? |
They were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
Why did South Carolina secede from the Union? |
They believed that Lincoln was hostile to slavery |
Why did the Confederate States of America write a constitution that prohibited importing slaves from other countries? |
To win the support of Britain and France |
Why was Abolitionist John Brown executed? |
For his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry |
The Dred Scott decision stated that slaves |
were the property of their owners. |
Why did John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry fail? |
Few Americans would join a rebellion organized by Brown |
Why did Crittenden’s Compromise fail? |
Lincoln convinced senators to vote against the compromise |
Why did Lincoln refer to the right of each State to control its own affairs in his inaugural address? |
To assure the Southern states that they would make their own decision about slavery |
What conductor on the Underground Railroad was known as "Black Moses"? |
Harriet Tubman |
Who was the Free-Soil Party’s candidate for President? |
Martin Van Buren |
Under the new Fugitive Slave Act passed in 1850, |
citizens who helped runaway slaves could be imprisoned. |
In Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural address, he declared that |
no state can lawfully leave the Union by its own action. |
US History Chapter 10 -The Union in Crisis-
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