What was the purpose of the Corwin Amendment?

To preserve slavery in the U.S. constitution

The Dred Scott decision said that

Slaves were not citizens and were property

The Crittenden Compromise sought to

pass an amendment guaranteeing slavery where it was, expand the Missouri Compromise line from coast to coast.

Why was the Compromise of 1850 considered a failure?

The Civil War started 10 years later

How did the Electoral College effect the outcome of the Election of 1860?

Due to the North holding more Electoral Votes, Lincoln wins the presidency

The fugitive slave act required that

enslaved people be returned to their owners, even in free states

What was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?

Slavery was banned in the District of Columbia

The Talmadge Proposal was the first attempt at Compromise and comprised of the following except?

Slaves that escaped Missouri were free and couldn't be returned to Missouri

What was Bleeding Kansas?

A series of violent attacks between pro and anit-slavery advocates.

What happened to John Brown after the raid?

He was taken captive and hanged to death.

Popular Sovereignty refers to?

The right of citizens within a state to choose on the issue of slavery

What is Manifest Destiny?

The belief that it is our DIVINE right to posess the entire continent

What was the leading cause that led to the US GDP increasing 12 times from 1790 to 1860?

Increase in cotton production in the South

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1
What was the purpose of the Corwin Amendment?
To abolish slavery in part of the U.S.
To abolish slavery across the U.S.
To send freed blacks to Africa
To preserve slavery in the U.S. constitution
2
The Dred Scott decision said that
Slaves were not free in slave states
Slaves were not citizens and were property
Slaves had rights under the Constitution
Slaves were free in free territories
3
The Crittenden Compromise sought to
encourage gradual emancipation in the South
prohibit slavery in the south
pass an amendment guaranteeing slavery where it was
expand the Missouri Compromise line from coast to coast.
4
A term that came to use to describe the Political & Economic power of the south is?
Southern State Power
Southern Strong
Slave Power
Confederate Power
5
Why was the Compromise of 1850 considered a failure?
Women still could not vote
Jim Crow laws were enacted in the South
The Civil War started 10 years later
Military Governments were installed in the south
6
What was the first time that decisive sectionalism appeared in our government?
The Missouri Compromise
The Kansas Nebraska Act
The Talmadge Ammendment
The Wilmot Proviso
7
Why did John Brown raid Harpers Ferry?
Lower the tax on ferry tickets
Start a civil war
Initiate a armed slave revolt
To keep slaves
8
The Canning of Senator Charles Sumner is in response to:
The passing of the Gag Rule
The passing of Wilmot Proviso
The Compromise of 1850
Bleeding Kansas
9
How did the Electoral College effect the outcome of the Election of 1860?
Due to the North holding more Electoral Votes, Lincoln wins the presidency
The Southern democrats split the Electoral College votes in the election
The Electoral College votes from the Territories went to Buchannan
The Electoral College played no part in the election of 1860
10
The official dividing line between the North and South was?
36'30'
The line of demarcation
Mason Dixon Line
The 34th Parallel
11
Why did the Republicans win the election of 1860?
They appealed to the "common man"
The Democratic Party had split
The promise of internal improvements
The promise of abolition of slavery
12
The fugitive slave act required that
enslaved people be returned to a slave state
enslaved people could fight for their freedom in court
enslaved people be lead to freedom
enslaved people be returned to their owners, even in free states
13
What was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?
Territories become free states by popular sovereignty
A more stringent Fugitive Slave Law was enacted
Slavery was banned in the District of Columbia
California was admitted as a free state
14
The Talmadge Proposal was the first attempt at Compromise and comprised of the following except?
Missouri can keep their slaves but import no more
Children of slaves must be emancipated
Once the slaves that were in Missouri died, that would end slavery in Miss.
Slaves that escaped Missouri were free and couldn't be returned to Missouri
15
What was Bleeding Kansas?
A book about the patriotism of the people of Kansas.
A opera about the fight for freedom in Kansas.
Peaceful protest promoting slavery in Kansas-Missouri territory.
A series of violent attacks between pro and anit-slavery advocates.
16
What happened to John Brown after the raid?
He was sent to prison for life.
He was shot to death during the raid.
He was taken captive and hanged to death.
Captured, but was eventually set free by Abraham Lincoln.
17
Who was known as "Moses" and helped escape slaves on the Underground Railroad?
SoJourner Truth
Lucrettia Mott
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
18
What was the Freeport Doctrine about?
personal liberty laws
Spongebob's bad breath
popular sovereignty
free soiling
19
What was the reaction of the South to Abraham Lincoln winning the Election of 1860?
Absolutely thrilled!
Seceded from the Union
Looking forward to working with Lincoln
Gave up slavery
20
When a state separates from the Union, it is called?
a stupid move
Secession
Sectionalism
Succession
21
The greatest African American Abolitionist was?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglas
Booker T Washington
John Brown
22
What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison news paper?
The Liberator
We Can Do This
Liberty and Freedom
War Terrible War
23
Who said, "A House divided cannot stand alone..."
Abraham Souza
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Brown
24
Harriet Beecher Stowe was responsible for....
Uncle Bob's Cabin
The Underground Railroad
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The secession of South Carolina
25
Most Southerners in the 1850's believed the rise of the Republican Party would -
End the Southern way of life
Lead to economic prosperity
Begin a depression
Legalize slavery
26
Popular Sovereignty refers to?
The right of citizens within a state to choose on the issue of slavery
The concept that all men should be free
The right of all citizens to vote
The right of Emancipated Slaves to vote
27
The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 directly contradicted the terms of which of the following?
Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
Wilmot Proviso
Fugitive Slave Act
28
What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief that if we choose to move west that it would happen
The belief that when we defeated Great Britain that the entire US was ours
The belief that we had to civilize the Native Americans as we moved West.
The belief that it is our DIVINE right to posess the entire continent
29
What was the leading cause that led to the US GDP increasing 12 times from 1790 to 1860?
Increase in cotton production in the South
The new territories out West were producing lumber for Europe
Majority of the immigrant workforce was sent to the south
Industry in the North increasing production
30
Stephen Douglas was responsible for writing .....
Kansas Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Bleeding Kansas
Compromise of 1850

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