Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The admission of Missouri as a slave state was controversial in the Senate
because
a. | the Senate was proslavery. | c. | it would upset the
balance. | b. | it would create sectionalism. | d. | the Senate was
antislavery. |
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Henry Clay's compromise became known as
a. | the Maine Compromise. | c. | Clay's Compromise. | b. | the Missouri
Compromise. | d. | Henry's
Compromise. |
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Which party endorsed the Wilmot Proviso?
a. | Whig | c. | Democratic | b. | Free-Soil | d. | Republican |
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Enforcement of the Fugitive Act led to
a. | compromise. | c. | recognition of Southerners' rights. | b. | more anger in the
North. | d. | an end to the
struggle. |
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5.
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What did Franklin Pierce become in 1853?
a. | senator | c. | a fugitive | b. | editor of The
Liberator | d. | president |
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Stephen A. Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery
through
a. | popular sovereignty. | c. | free choice. | b. | states' choice. | d. | people's
choice. |
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In the congressional election of 1858, the Senate race in what state was the
center of national attention?
a. | Illinois | c. | Indiana | b. | Michigan | d. | Ohio |
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The main topic of the Lincoln–Douglas debates was
a. | Western territories. | c. | slavery. | b. | war with Mexico. | d. | the economy. |
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9.
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Who was not a presidential candidate in 1860?
a. | John C. Calhoun | c. | Abraham Lincoln | b. | John Bell | d. | John
Breckinridge |
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Southerners justified secession with the theory of
a. | constitutional rights. | c. | the Union's errors. | b. | federal
rights. | d. | states'
rights. |
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The main issue in the election of 1844 was the annexation of
a. | Texas. | c. | Missouri. | b. | Kansas. | d. | California. |
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What plan specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands that might be
acquired from Mexico?
a. | Missouri Compromise | c. | Mexican Plan | b. | Clay's Plan | d. | Wilmot Proviso |
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According to the __________ a person could be fined or imprisoned for aiding
fugitives.
a. | Southern Slave Act | c. | Fugitive Slave Act | b. | Owners-Right Act | d. | Runaway Slave
Act |
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What book by Harriet Beecher Stowe showed slavery as a brutal, cruel
system?
a. | Slavery in the South | c. | African Americans in
Slavery | b. | Slavery's System | d. | Uncle Tom's
Cabin |
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What was the first territory to shed blood in a civil war over slavery?
a. | Texas | c. | Missouri | b. | Kansas | d. | South Carolina |
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In the election of 1856, the presidency was secured for James Buchanan by
a. | Northern votes. | c. | Southern votes. | b. | Republican votes. | d. | Whig votes. |
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What Supreme Court decision divided the nation even more?
a. | Fugitive Slave case | c. | Clay's ruling | b. | Dred Scott case | d. | John Brown
case |
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Douglas's stand that people could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws
protecting slaveholders' rights came to be known as
a. | Douglas's Debate. | c. | the Freeport Doctrine. | b. | the
Slaveholder's Rights. | d. | Douglas's Doctrine. |
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The 1860 presidential candidate whose name did not appear on the ballot
in most Southern states was
a. | Abraham Lincoln. | c. | John Bell. | b. | John Breckinridge. | d. | Stephen A.
Douglas. |
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Who was the senator from Kentucky who tried to save the Union by proposing a
last-minute compromise?
a. | John Calhoun | c. | Henry Clay | b. | John Bell | d. | John Crittenden |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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As part of the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was admitted as a slave state, and
____________________ was admitted as a free state.
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22.
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Representative ____________________ of Kentucky proposed the Missouri
Compromise.
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Texas became a state in the year ____________________.
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24.
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The ____________________ stated that slavery should be forbidden in any lands
that might be acquired by the United States as the result of the Mexican War.
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25.
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The United States acquired the territories of New Mexico and
____________________ from Mexico after the Mexican War.
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26.
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Antislavery Democrats and Whigs joined with members of the Liberty Party to form
the ____________________ Party.
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27.
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Many enslaved African Americans escaped from the South to freedom with the help
of the ____________________.
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28.
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Congressmen from the ____________________ part of the United States gave the
Kansas–Nebraska Act solid support.
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29.
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The Dred Scott decision stated that because enslaved people were
____________________, Congress could not pass laws that would take them away from their
owners.
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30.
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Abolitionist support of John Brown's raid at ____________________,
Virginia, increased Southerners fears of a great Northern conspiracy against them.
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31.
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A split in the ____________________ Party helped elect Abraham Lincoln to the
presidency in 1860.
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32.
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The strength of the Republican Party was almost exclusively in the
____________________ part of the country.
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Harriet Beecher Stowe | d. | Freeport Doctrine | b. | Roger B. Taney | e. | Compromise of 1850 | c. | Zachary
Taylor |
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won the 1848 presidential election
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34.
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Henry Clay's plan
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35.
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wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
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36.
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ruled on Dred Scott decision
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37.
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Stephen Douglas's response to slavery
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Stephen A. Douglas | d. | Fort Sumter | b. | Henry Clay | e. | Confederacy | c. | John
Brown |
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38.
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proposed Missouri Compromise
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39.
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formed on February 4, 1861
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40.
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violent abolitionist
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41.
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opponent of Abraham Lincoln
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42.
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first attack of the Civil War
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