What was one belief of the Republican party in 1860?

Halting the expansion of slavery in the territories

What does the term "Popular Sovereignty" mean?

The People get to vote for slavery

Why was California's statehood considered to be a problem?

It came in as a free state making the nation imbalanced

Why was Uncle Tom's cabin such an important book?

Abraham Lincoln believed that is started the Civil War

What did the Missouri Compromise state?

Any territory above 36'30N couldn't have slavery

John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry, what was his ultimate goal? Did he succeed?

Brown wanted to create a slave rebellion in the South,No

What was the Result of the Dred Scott Case?

He was sent back to slavery because he was property

Why did the North not want to give up Fort Sumter?

It would have meant that the South was an Independent Nation

Why did Abraham Lincoln want to stop the Expansion of Slavery?

By stopping it slavey could be defeated legally in congress

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1
A majority of Whites in the south owned large amounts of slaves?
True
False
2
What was one belief of the Republican party in 1860?
Little to no government intervention in daily lives
Small federal government
Slavery was ok
Halting the expansion of slavery in the territories
3
Forcing people to arrest slaves in the north and return them to them south is known as what?
Fugitive Slave Act
The Missouri Compromise
Slave Return Law
Bleeding Kansas
4
This land was purchased by Thomas Jefferson.
Mexican Territory
Louisiana Purchase
Texas
Oregon Territory
5
The South had more railroad lines, naval ships, and people than the North.
False
True
6
What does the term "Popular Sovereignty" mean?
I have no idea
The People get to vote for slavery
Texas is added as a slave state
The people get to vote for the President
7
Why was California's statehood considered to be a problem?
California wanted more land to the south
California was a slave state
Mexico wanted California's gold
It came in as a free state making the nation imbalanced
8
Why was Uncle Tom's cabin such an important book?
It showed that slavery was not immoral or wrong
The South printed copies and read them to their slaves
Abraham Lincoln believed that is started the Civil War
It was not important
9
This term signifies the United States belief that they could expand from coast to coast.
Manifest Destiny
Independence
Acquisition
Assimilation
10
What did the Missouri Compromise state?
That popular sovereignty would be used
Any territory above 36'30N couldn't have slavery
Texas was added as a free state
Abe Lincoln was elected as President
11
What was the purpose of the Gadsden Purchase?
To take land from the Spanish
Land to grow more cotton
To build a railroad
To mine for gold
12
John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry, what was his ultimate goal? Did he succeed?
He was killing people in the defense of slavery, No
He wanted to hold people hostage for money for weapons, No
Brown wanted to create a slave rebellion in the South, Yes
Brown wanted to create a slave rebellion in the South,No
13
Who was the first state to secede?
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Alabama
14
What was the Result of the Dred Scott Case?
Scott returned to Minnesota to live his life
He was set free by the Supreme Court
He was sent back to slavery because he was property
He was sentenced and hanged for treason
15
Why did the North not want to give up Fort Sumter?
Fort Sumter was not important
It allowed the South to get in range of the Northern Border
It would have meant that the South was an Independent Nation
It was key to victory over the South
16
Why did Abraham Lincoln want to stop the Expansion of Slavery?
Lincoln believed that slave owners were hurting America
Expansion of slavery went against Christian values
By stopping it slavey could be defeated legally in congress
Eventually slave states would outweigh the free states

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