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1
Regarding Harriet Beecher Stowe, who said "so this is the little woman who started the great war"?
Stephen Douglas
John C. Calhoun
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
2
Who was elected U. S. President in 1860?
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglas
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
3
Which President died in office?
James Buchanan
James K. Polk
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
4
In return for support for the railroad, Douglas offered Southerners?
More money for the South
Popular Sovereignty in Kansas-Nebraska
To move the capital
To allow slavery in California
5
Uncle Tom's Cabin sold this number of copies in it's first year?
500,000
300,000
100,000
400,000
6
An undeclared civil war occurred in what U.S state in the 1850's?
Nebraska
California
South Carolina
Kansas
7
Democrat from Pa. elected in 1856?
James K. Polk
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
8
Which was once its own nation?
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Texas
9
Supreme Court case that ruled slaves are not citizens?
Missouri Compromise
Brown vs. Board of Education
Dred Scott Case
Freeport Doctrine
10
Campaign slogan of Harrison & Tyler?
Vote the Ticket!
Tippecanoe & Tyler Too!
Brains and Guts!
The General and the Diplomat!
11
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dred Scott
Jane Austen
12
Which political party was against the idea of a powerful President?
Democratic
Republican
Whig
Free Soilers
13
Which person was elected President without winning a single Southern state?
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglas
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
14
The Kansas-Nebraska Act destroyed what compromise?
Compr0mise of 1850
The Connecticut Plan
The Great Compromise
Missouri Compromise
15
The U.S. & Mexico mainly went to war over this issue?
Human Rights
Texas
Fishing Rights
States Rights
16
All belonged to the Whig Party, except?
James K. Polk
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
17
Which political party formed solely to stop the spread of slavery in the Mexican Cession?
Whif
Free Soilers
Republican
Democratic
18
Reaction of the South to Uncle Tom's Cabin?
All of the above
Threats to Harriet Beecher Stowe
Book burnings
Banning the Book
19
First Republican candidate to become President?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
John C. Fremont
20
All of the following were part of the Compromise of 1850, except?
Slave Trade banned in D.C.
New Gold Rush Laws
Stricter Fugitive Slave Law
California as a free state
21
This political party represented the North and was against the spread of Slavery?
Whig
Free Soiler
Democratic
Republican
22
Who was the sectional leader from the West who we associate with compromise?
Daniel Webster
Stephen Douglas
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
23
Why did Stephen Douglas propose the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Wanted Southern support for a railroad in his home state
He was from Kansas
He needed the money
He was from Nebraska
24
This amendment wanted to ban slavery in the land gained from Mexico?
The Slavery Edict
Wilmot Proviso
Emancipation Proclamation
The Mexican Proviso
25
Militant abolitionist behind the massacre of pro-slavery settlers in Kansas?
Stephen Douglas
James Brown
John Brown
Nathan Bedford Forrest
26
All of the following were parts of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, except?
Accused was denied a trial by jury
Trial in Southern territory
$1,000 fine or 6 months for helping an accused runaway
Citizens required to assist in capture
27
Who was the sectional leader from the North that often opposed slavery?
Stephen Douglas
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
28
The Mexican/American War could be described as?
Inevitable
Challenging
An overwhelming American victory
An overwhelming Mexican victory
29
First Confederate Capital?
Montgomery, Alabama
Baltimore, Maryland
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
30
Why did John Brown raid Harpers Ferry?
Capital of Va. at the time
Hope to start the U.S. Civil War
Attempted to capture the railroad there
Hoped to seize weapons to start a slave rebellion
31
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
Alabama
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
32
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at?
Fort Sumter, S.C.
Fort Richmond, Va.
Fort Petersburg, Va.
Fort Charleston, S.C.
33
All of the following would have been considered martyrs by some in the North, except?
Abraham Lincoln
Preston Brooks
Charles Sumner
John Brown
34
President of the Confederacy?
Alexander Stephens
Robert E. Lee
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
35
The idea that voters could decide whether to allow slavery in their territory was known as?
Popular Sovereignty
Compromise
Free Elections
Decision Making
36
Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
John C. Calhou
Daniel Webster
37
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed slavery above what line?
Mason-Dixon line
36/30 parallel
54/50 parallel
The Neutral Zone
38
The South was referred to as?
The Southern Confederation
United States of America
The Southern States of America
Confederate States of America
39
Anti-slavery senator caned for making a speech against slavery?
Daniel Webster
Charles Sumner
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
40
How was the Fugitive Slave Law designed to find people guilty of being runaways?
Judges were paid more for a guilty verdict
People who testified were paid more money
The accused were automatically sent to jail
Juries were paid more money
41
What event caused California to apply for statehood?
Gold Rush
Mexican/American War
San Francisco Earthquake
Texas Independence
42
To formally withdraw or break away means?
To approve
To secede
To determine
To annex
43
The land gained from the Mexican/American War was referred to as?
The Depreciation Lands
The Old West
The Mexican Cession
The Mexican Annex
44
Who was the sectional leader from the South who defended slavery?
John C. Calhoun
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
45
Was known as a "Dark Horse" candidate?
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
James K. Polk
Abraham Lincoln
46
Who did Lincoln lose to in the race for Senator of Illinois?
Stephen Douglas
Salmon P. Chase
William Seward
Jefferson Davis
47
Who's Presidency did the Whig Party oppose?
Millard Fillmore
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
James Buchanan
48
Someone who is willing to risk their life for a noble cause is referred to as?
A protagonist
A disciple
A terrorist
A martyr
49
This political party was anti-immigrant & anti-Catholic?
Republicans
Free Soilers
Know Nothings
Democrats
50
Those who favored the end of slavery?
Liberators
Lincolnites
Emancipation Protectors
Abolitionists
51
The idea that it was God's intention for the U.S. to stretch from ocean to ocean was?
Manifest Destiny
Pre-determined Destiny
Karma
Ordained Destiny
52
Which President was a military hero from the Mexican/American War?
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
James K. Polk
53
Who pushed the Comp. of 1850 through after Henry Clay died?
Abraham Lincoln
Daneil Webster
John C. Calhoun
Stephen Douglas
54
Violence in Kansas gave the state this nickname?
The First to Fall
State of Secession
Bleeding Kansas
The Traitor State
55
The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was meant to?
Show the brutalities of slavery in the South
Bring England into the war
Support the Southern economy
Show Uncle Tom as the leader of slaves