unit 5.1

In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown intended to

A. Arm a slave rebellion.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

A. Greatly strengthened northern antislavery feelings.

The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case in 1857 effectively repealed the

A. Missouri Compromise

The most divisive and controversial aspect of the slavery issue during the early 1800's was

A. The status of slavery in the newly acquired territories.

Which of the following best characterizes the response of Great Britain and France to the American Civil War?

A. They saw advantages in a divided Union, but pursued cautious policies toward both sides.

Which of the following best describes the position on slavery of most northerners during the sectional crisis of the 1850s?

A. They were willing to accept slavery where it existed but opposed further expansion to the territories.

Lincoln won the presidency

A. With an electoral majority derived only from the North.

Which of the following statements about the Dred Scott decision is correct?

B. It stated that Black people were not citizens of the United States.

Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it was learned that

B. Lincoln had ordered basic supplies sent to the fort.

Many Northerners were willing to allow Southern states to leave the Union until

B. The South attacked Fort Sumter.

The proposed admission of California directly into the Union was very controversial because

C. California's admission as a free state would destroy the balance of free and slave states.

The Free Soilers condemned slavery because

C. It destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise from wage-earning to self-employment.

In 1861 the North went to war with the South primarily to

C. Preserve the Union.

The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the decision concerning

C. The new Fugitive Slave Law

"Popular Sovereignty" was the idea that

C. The people of a territory should determine for themselves about slavery.

The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed

D. The fact that passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South.

The conflict over slavery in Kansas

D. Was greatly escalated by abolitionist-funded settlers and proslavery 'border ruffians' from Missouri

Secessionists supported leaving the Union because

E. All of the above.

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that

E. All of these choices are correct.

As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates,

E. Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate.

Many Southerners supported the Compromise of 1850 because it

E. Provided for the return of fugitive slaves.

Southern secession was most likely caused by what?

E. Southerners were outraged over Lincoln's 1860 presidential victory which had happened without a single Republican electoral vote coming from the South.

After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded that

E. The North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republicans.