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This man was the first Republican candidate for President in 1856:
Franklin Pierce
Zachary Taylor
Stephen Kearney
John C. Fremont
2
Supreme Court Decision in 1857 that upheld the right to own slaves, basically anywhere.
Brown v. Board of Education
Worcester v. Georgia
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v. Ferguson
3
What part of the Compromise of 1850 was most disliked by the North?
ban on slavery in D.C.
Popular sovereignty
California enters Union as free state
stronger fugitive slave law
4
Which one does NOT address slavery?
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Law
Wilmot Proviso
5
What sitting President supported the Dred Scott Decision?
Taylor
Pierce
Fillmore
Buchanan
6
What was the name of the controversial, pro-slavery Kansas constitution?
Confederate Constitution
Southern Constitution
Compromise of 1860
Lecompton Constitution
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed what previous act of Congress?
Missouri Compromise
Tariff of 1828
Compromise of 1850
Gag Rule
8
In 1850, the majority of white southerners...
owned between 40-50 slaves
owned 100 or more slaves
owned no slaves
owned between 2-4 slaves
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The first shots of the Civil War occurred at...
Bleeding Kansas
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
Harper's Ferry
10
A house divided cannot stand....
Lewis Cass
John C. Breckinridge
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
11
This President signed the Compromise of 1850 into law:
Pierce
Polk
Taylor
Fillmore
12
A Northerner who supports Southern causes was a...
ugly face
doughface
two-face
baby face
13
Where was cotton production (and slavery) most important?
Border States
Lower (Deep) South
Northern States
Upper South
14
Stephen Douglas suggested this concept to solve the slavery issue:
Outlawed from all new territories
Popular sovereignty
Complete abolition
Allowed everywhere
15
What set of states seceded from the Union AFTER the events at Ft. Sumter?
VA, NC, TN, AR
NY, NY, PA, OH
AL, MS, LA, TX
DE, MD, KY, MO
16
When the Republican Party was formed, what was its MAJOR PLATFORM?
Supported slavery in all states and territories
Opposed slavery in the territories
Supported slavery in the territories
Opposed slavery in all the states and territories
17
The Freeport Doctrine is associated with what politician:
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Breckinridge
Stephen Douglas
18
Who was the Confederate Commander who fired on Fort Sumter?
Robert Anderson
Robert E. Lee
Strom Thurmond
P.G.T. Beauregard
19
After Ft. Sumter, President Lincoln...
Accepted the fact that the Confederacy would last forever.
Attempted to bring back the Confederate states with slavery.
resigned.
Called for 75,000 additional volunteers for the U.S. Army
20
Last attempt at a compromise between north and south in 1860:
Crittenden Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
21
U.S. Senator from S.C. that promoted states' rights (to own slaves) and nullification?
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
22
"I am convinced that the crimes of this nation can never be purged except by blood."
John C. Calhoun
Daniel Webster
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
23
Nativists were people who disliked...
English people
immigrants
African-Americans
Native Americans
24
What was Lincoln's solution to the crisis posed at Ft. Sumter?
Provide food and supplies to the fort
Fire on Confederate troops
Reinforce the fort with more soldiers
Immediately surrender the fort to S.C.
25
What state was the first to secede from the Union after the election of Lincoln in 1860?
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
North Carolina
