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Chapter 15: Toward Civil War Review
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EFMS American History review questions for Chapter 15: Toward Civil War
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1
Who divided up the Compromise of 1850 into five parts so that each would be passed by Congress?
Zachary Taylor
Stephen Douglas
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
2
Which state was the first to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860?
Texas
Mississippi
Florida
South Carolina
3
Who created the Compromise of 1850?
John C. Calhoun
David Wilmot
Stephen A. Douglas
Henry Clay
4
What compromise included five bills, one being a new fugitive slave law?
Missouri Compromise
Great Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Free-Soil Compromise
5
In the election of 1856, the Democratic candidate and winner was whom?
John C. Fremont
John C. Calhoun
Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
6
What picture is Mr. Hartnett's
current
desktop background?
The Lincoln Memorial
"Hipster" Abraham Lincoln
Pittsburgh Penguins
Liverpool Football Club
7
Series of events, including the attack on Lawrence Kansas by a pro-slavery mob, was known as:
"Bleeding Kansas"
Raid on Harpers Ferry
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott Decision
8
Who were the armed Missourians who traveled in groups to vote in the Kansas slavery election?
John Brown Band
Lincoln Lovers
Border Ruffians
Buchanan's Boys
9
Who killed five supporters of slavery because "God chose him to end slavery"?
John Brown
Stephen Douglas
Preston Brooks
Dred Scott
10
Who won the presidential election of 1860, even though his name was left off Southern ballots?
James Buchanan
Martin Van Buren
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
11
Who is portrayed in the image below?
John Brown
Jourdan Englert
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
12
Who stated that nobody (not even Momma Hartnett) could ban slavery from a territory?
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
David Wilmot
John C. Calhoun
13
What compromise banned slavery in territories north of the 36-30 parallel?
Great Compromise
Missouri Compromise
Free-Soil Compromise
Compromise of 1850
14
James Buchanan won the 1856 election by winning all southern states, except:
Virginia
South Carolina
Maryland
Texas
15
The image below portrays what?
Popular Sovereignty
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slace Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
16
An exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country is known as what?
Nationalism
Federalism
Sectionalism
Patriotism
17
Who proposed abandoning the Missouri Compromise for popular sovereignty?
Henry Clay
Franklin Pierce
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
18
Who was the former slave who sued for his freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Dred Scott
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
19
Who is portrayed in the image below (15th President)?
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Milard Filmore
Abraham Lincoln
20
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at what battle?
Attack on Fort Sumter
Attack on Fort Knox
Attack on Fort Lee
Attack on Fort Lincoln
21
What called for a ban on slavery in any lands acquired from Mexico?
Emancipation Proclamation
Mexican Cession
Wilmot Proviso
Free-Soil Mandate
22
Who is portrayed in the image below?
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
John Crittenden
Abraham Lincoln
23
Who is portrayed in the image below?
Dred Scott
Frederick Douglass
John C. Fremont
Roger Taney
24
States that allowed slavery, but remained with the Union were known as what?
Free-Soil States
Border States
Sectional States
Confederate States
25
Who lacked a formal education, but was a sucessful lawyer with excellent political skills?
Dred Scott
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
26
Southerners justified secession with what theory?
States' Rights
Fugitive Slave Theory
Federalism
Sectionalism
27
According to Chief Justice Roger Taney:
Dred Scott was still a slave
Dred Scott was not a citizen
Dred Scott had no right to bring a lawsuit
All answers are correct
28
What term allows people to vote on allowing slavery in a territory?
Popular Sovereignty
Abstain
Sectionalism
Nationalism
29
The Dred Scott case was a major blow to the antislavery because...
Ruled that slavery should be banned in Washington D.C.
The case created a more strict fugitive slave law
The case called for more slaves to enter the U.S.
Ruled the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional
30
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
Stephen Douglas
Jefferson Davis
31
Antislavery Whigs and Democrats joined forces with Free-Soilers to form what?
The Know-Nothing Party
The Know-Something Party
The Republican Party
The American Party
32
What political party's platform focused on attacking immigrants?
The Democratic Party
The Know-Nothings
The Republican Party
The Confederacy
33
What does the image below portray?
Violence in the U.S. Senate over slavery
The raid on Harpers Ferry
The events of "Bleeding Kansas"
Reaction to the Dred Scott Case
34
Who had a series of debates with Abraham Lincoln with the main topic being slavery?
John Brown
Stephen Douglas
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
35
Who is portrayed in the image below?
Robert E. Lee
Dred Scott
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
36
What allowed popular sovereignty to determine the fate of slavery in Kansas & Nebraska?
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Popular Sovereignty Act
37
Who proposed a series of amendements to allow slavery south of the 36-30 parallel?
John Crittenden
Jefferson Davis
John C. Calhoun
Abraham Lincoln
38
Who led an attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and was later hanged for his actions?
Dred Scott
John Brown
Homer Plessy
Robert E. Lee
39
According to the Missouri Compromise, which state entered as a free state?
Missouri
Minnesota
Michigan
Maine
40
Which Party adopted the slogan, "Free Soil, Free-Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men"?
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Whig Party
Free-Soil Party
