HIST 2010 MindTap Chapter 14 Test: From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

Following the Compromise of 1850, how many more senators did the free states have than the slave states?

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In a landmark Supreme Court case, this slave sued for freedom on the grounds that he had resided with his master on free soil for five years.

Dred Scott

Following the Compromise of 1850, which region enjoyed the largest senatorial representation?

The free states

Nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate in the election of 1856, this man appealed to the members of his party because of his lack of political involvement with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

James Buchanan

When the Democratic party could not decide on a candidate to nominate for president in 1860, Southern delegates formed a rival convention and nominated this man.

John C Breckinridge

Proponents of this concept were disheartened by Chief Justice Taney's March 1857 ruling as it pertained to the expansion of slavery in the territories.

popular sovereignty

According to this, the power to decide the question of the expansion of slavery ultimately resided with the people

Freeport Doctrine

What limited William H. Seward's campaign for the Republican nomination?

His radical image with regard to the slavery issue and his lack of appeal in certain states

Arising from the Panic of 1857, many Northerners issued a renewed call for these to be created out of publicly owned land.

Homesteads

This party was largely made up of Protestant nativists and sought to limit Catholic and immigrant influence in politics.

Know-Nothings

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney ruled in March 1857 that this statute, widely respected in the North despite its repeal in 1854, had no legal standing.

Missouri Compromise of 1820

How many representatives did California contribute to the national total upon becoming a state in 1850?

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From your knowledge of the outcome of the election, select the candidate from the dropdown menu who corresponds to the color in the legend. Then, answer the subsequent questions to further demonstrate your knowledge of this pivotal political event. A) B) C) D)

A) Abraham Lincoln B) Stephen A. Douglas C) John C. Breckinridge D) John Bell

The following tables contain some of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 and the names of those who shaped them. For each provision, decide whether it favored the North or the South. For each name, decide whether each was inclined toward or against the proposed compromise. A) A more severe Fugitive Slave Act passed B) New Mexico gains rights to disputed territory from Texas C) Daniel Webster D) Zachary Taylor

A) South B) North C) Pro-Compromise D) Anti-Compromise

The following tables contain some of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 and the names of those who shaped them. For each provision, decide whether it favored the North or the South. For each name, decide whether each was inclined toward or against the proposed compromise. A) New Mexico and Utah open to popular sovereignty B) California admitted as a free state C) Henry Clay D) John C. Calhoun

A) South B) North C) Pro-Compromise D) Anti-Compromise

The following tables contain some of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 and the names of those who shaped them. For each provision, decide whether it favored the North or the South. For each name, decide whether each was inclined toward or against the proposed compromise. A) Texas receives $10 million for ceded territory B) Slave trade outlawed in the District of Columbia C) Millard Fillmore D) William Seward

A) South B) North C) Pro-Compromise D) Anti-Compromise

This senator suffered serious injuries at the hands of a congressional colleague after verbally condemning slavery on the Senate floor in early 1856.

Charles Sumner

In February 1861, seven states broke from the Union to create an organization known as the:

Confederate States of America

Despite receiving nearly 800,000 fewer popular votes, the _________________ candidate secured more than three times as many electoral votes as the __________________ candidate did.

Constitutional Unionist Northern Democratic

Fearing above all the dissolution of the Union, this party nominated Tennessean John Bell as its candidate in the presidential election of 1860.

Constitutional Unionists

This former president ran for the office again during the election of 1856, but this time as the candidate for a party known for its vehement stance against foreigners and Catholics.

Millard Fillmore

Which state contributed the greatest number of representatives to the national total?

New York

Which two states contributed the greatest number of representatives to the national total?

New York and Pennsylvania

Following the Compromise of 1850, which territories enjoyed the largest senatorial representation?

None of them

The proposed Crittenden Compromise, a last-ditch effort to reach a satisfactory agreement between the North and South, would:

Provide federal protection for slavery in all territories south of the 36° 30' line, despite the wishes of the majority under the concept of popular sovereignty

Though the ________________ candidate secured the highest number of both electoral and popular votes, the ___________________ candidate received the fewest number of electoral votes despite polling just under 500,000 fewer popular votes than the winner of the election.

Republican Northern Democratic

A nominee of this young political party proudly came within reach of the presidency in the election of 1856.

Republicans

Which of the following statements best describes Southern popular sentiment regarding secession immediately preceding the Civil War?

Which of the following statements best describes Southern popular sentiment regarding secession immediately preceding the Civil War?

Prior to running as a Republican for an open U.S. Senate seat in 1858, Abraham Lincoln served on the Illinois legislature as a member of this party.

Whigs

Which eighteenth-century historical event could Southerners point to that most closely resembled the secession crisis of 1860-1861?

The secession of the thirteen American colonies from the British Empire

This region survived the panic of 1857 with its economy intact, which bolstered a collective confidence in its political outlook.

South

Which state led the charge of secession immediately following the election of 1860?

South Carolina

The _______________ candidate secured the second highest number of electoral votes, yet received over 500,000 fewer popular votes than the __________________ candidate, who polled the fewest electoral votes.

Southern Democratic Northern Democratic

Lincoln's chief rival during his bid for the Senate in 1858, this man is known for his advocacy of the concept of popular sovereignty.

Stephen A. Douglas