All of the following are part of the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:

any territory bought from Mexico would be a slave state

Why were southern states so upset with the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860?

did not win an Electoral College votes from southern states

What did Chief Justice Roger Taney decide in Dred Scott v. Sanford?

slaves were property and not excluded from territories

How did the book Uncle Tom's Cabin affect American society in the 1850s?

it turned many northern whites against slavery

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Events Leading to Civil War

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1
He led a raid against the federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
Jefferson Davis
John Brown
Preston Brooks
John Breckinridge
2
Stephen Douglas got southern support for a northern railroad by proposing what act?
Abolition of Slavery Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Transcontinental Railroad Act
3
This new nation was created by southern states when they seceded from the United States.
Southern Alliance States of America
Confederate States of America
Union States of America
Confederate States of the South
4
This political group wanted to stop the expansion of slavery into the territories.
Constitutional Union Party
Republican Party
Know Nothing Party
Democratic Party
5
He defended his uncle's honor by beating Senator Sumner with a cane.
John Brown
John Breckinridge
Preston Brooks
Jefferson Davis
6
This political group was formed by nativists who disliked immigrants and Catholics.
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Know Nothing Party
Constitutional Union Party
7
All of the following are part of the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:
buying or selling slaves was prohibited in Washington, D.C.
California joined the nation as a free state
an agreement that a tougher fugitive slave law was needed
any territory bought from Mexico would be a slave state
8
Why were southern states so upset with the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860?
he had not won the majority of the popular vote
he was committed to an aggressive policy of ending slavery
he had not campaigned fairly
did not win an Electoral College votes from southern states
9
Admitted California as a free-state and gave New Mexico/Utah popular sovereignty.
Fugitive Slave Act
Lecompton Constitution
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
10
What final challenge signaled the start of the Civil War?
the formation of the Constitutional Union Party
the bombardment of Fort Sumter
the split of the Democratic party
the creation of the Confederate States of America
11
These were a series of pro-slavery laws drawn up by pro-slavery Missourians to govern Kansas.
Lecompton Constitution
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
12
He was elected president of the Confederate States of America.
John Breckinridge
Jefferson Davis
Preston Brooks
John Brown
13
What did Chief Justice Roger Taney decide in Dred Scott v. Sanford?
owners could not take slaves to free states or territories
slaves were property and not excluded from territories
slavery was unconstitutional
the slave trade must be abolished in Washing, D.C.
14
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by
Henry David Thoreau.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Mark Twain.
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
15
How did the book Uncle Tom's Cabin affect American society in the 1850s?
caused some slave owners to allow slaves to buy freedom
it turned many northern whites against slavery
convinced many northerners that slaves were property
resulted in passage of laws protecting slaves from owners
16
This law ordered all citizens to assist in the return of runaway slaves.
Compromise of 1850
Lecompton Constitution
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
17
Allowed Kansas/Nebraska to use popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery.
Compromise of 1850
Lecompton Constitution
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
18
What happened in the South as a result of Nat Turner's revolt?
more slaves led revolts
Stronger slave laws
more Southerners began to oppose slavery
More anti-slavery settlers to move to the South
19
Against which group did the American Party most discriminate?
middle-class evangelical Protestants
Northern factory workers
Irish Catholics
African Americans
20
This political group's 1860 presidential candidate ran on the idea of preserving the Union.
Constitutional Union Party
Republican Party
Know Nothing Party
Democratic Party

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