HISTORY EXAM sem. 2 (10)
James Buchanan promised to ______.
End the agitation over the issue of slavery
Why did John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry fail?
Few Americans would join a rebellion organized by Brown.
Why was abolitionist John Brown executed?
For his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry
What conductor on the Underground Railroad was known as "Black Moses?"
Harriet Tubman
How did Lincoln approach the issue of slavery in his speeches?
He condemned slavery and affirmed the idea of African Americans' natural rights
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 angered Northerners because _______.
It increased federal intervention in the affairs of independent states.
When ____ was elected to the presidency, he would have the difficult task to preserve the Union.
Lincoln
The election of 1860 showed that the North and South were 2 distinct political entities, because ___.
Lincoln won without a single Southern electoral vote
"Bleeding Kansas" demonstrated that popular sovereignty was _____.
An unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
What event started "Bleeding Kansas?"
Border Ruffians raided the anti-slavery town of Lawrence, Kansas
What provision did the Compromise of 1850 include?
California would be admitted as a free state
What was the final Northern destination for most people escaping slavery on the Underground Railroad?
Canada
Under the new Fugitive Slave Act passed in 1850, _____.
Citizens who helped a runaway slave could be imprisoned.
What was one outcome of the Compromise of 1850?
Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act
Who was the Free-Soil Party's candidate for president?
Martin Van Buren
Which of these were nullifies by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Missouri Compromise
In Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address, he declared that _____.
No state can lawfully leave the Union by its own action.
The Dred Scott decision led to the _____ losing faith in the U.S. government.
North
Seceding states believed that they had to leave the Union in order to _____.
Protect their property and their way of life
A second reason the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 angered Northerner's was that it ____.
Required all citizens to support the slave system.
How was the issue of slavery decided in the territory ceded by Mexico?
Residents exercised popular sovereignty
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin infuriated the South because it ______.
Spread anti-slavery sentiment in the North
Who wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen A. Douglas
To what did Abraham Lincoln refer when he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand?"
The Union could not continue with both free states and slave states
Which of the following events directly caused the outbreak of the Civil War?
The attack at Fort Sumter
The term "Bleeding Kansas" can be attributed to ______.
The competition of opposing political groups.
In the late 1840's, what led to the question of whether slavery should expand to the territories?
The results of the Mexican American War
In the election of 1848, the major parties were forced to take a stand on slavery because of __________.
The rise of the Free-Soil Party.
Why did South Carolina secede from the Union?
They believed that Lincoln was hostile to slavery
What was Lincoln's view on African Americans?
They were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Why did Lincoln refer to the right of each state to control its own affairs in his inaugural address?
To assure the Southern states that they would make their own decisions about slavery.
Why did the Confederate States of America write a constitution that prohibited importing slaves from other countries?
To win the support of Britain and France
Most Southern states felt that the government had _____ control over slavery.
Too much
Abolitionists believed that slavery ______.
Was morally wrong and wanted to end it
The Dred Scott decision stated that slaves ______.
Were the property of their owners