AMSCO. Chapter 13 : Union in Peril | Multiple Choice Questions
Which of the following political groups had its efforts to find a compromise over slavery effectively ended by Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case? (A) Whigs (B) Free-Soil Party (C) Constitution Union Party (D) Northern Democrats
Free-Soil Party
Which of the following acts of Congress was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision? (A) Missouri Compromise of 1820 (B) Compromise of 1850 (C) Kansas-Nebraska Act (D) Fugitive Slave Law
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the North? (A) Admitting California as a free state (B) Passing a new Fugitive Slave Law (C) Ending the slave trade in Washington, D.C. (D) Using popular sovereignty in new territories
Admitting California as a free state
Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the South? (A) Admitting California as a free state (B) Passing a new Fugitive Slave Law (C) Ending the slave trade in Washington, D.C. (D) Using popular sovereignty in new territories
Passing a new Fugitive Slave Law
An increase in which of the following was the key part of the Kansas- Nebraska Act to attract Southern support? (A) Transportation in the South (B) Popular sovereignty (C) Fugitive Slave Act (D) Representation in Congress
Popular sovereignty
Which of the following ideas is Douglas appealing to when he says, "whether the people of the territories shall be allowed to do as they please upon the question of slavery"? (A) The Crittenden Compromise (B) Popular sovereignty (C) The right of secession (D) The distinction between a territory and a state
Popular sovereignty
To which politicians is Clay directing the last line of the excerpt? (A) Southerners who were threatening to secede (B) Senators such as Daniel Webster who rejected any compromise (C) Advocates of popular sovereignty (D) The president, Zachary Taylor
Southerners who were threatening to secede
Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision because (A) the Court included no Republican Justices (B) the decision allowed slavery in the territories (C) several justices were slave owners (D) blacks and whites were not treated equally
the decision allowed slavery in the territories
