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