History Chapter 15 part 2
Which event occurred as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
"Bleeding Kansas"
Who was the Republican nominee for president in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Which individual, though he argued against secession, went on to become vice president of the Confederacy?
Alexander Stephens
_________Wrote Uncle Tom's cabin a novel that depicted the horrors of the slavery through the (eyes) story of the slave Uncle Tome, Eliza, and Eliza young child
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Which statement accurately describes the republican party platform towards slavery in the presidential election of 1860?
It called for a constitutional amendment allowing slavery.
What effect did the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case have on the nation?
It further divided the North and South over the issue of the slavery.
What definition best explains the "Missouri Compromise"?
It maintained a balance of power between slave and free states.
Which statement correctly describes the debate over secession in Georgia?
Most of Georgia was divided over rather to secede or remain in the union.
Popular Sovereignty, contained within the Kansas-Nebraska Act, stated that
People in the territories could decide the slavery issue for themselves.
What cause, contained within the Kansas-Nebraska Act, stated that citizens of the territories could decide the slavery issue for themselves?
Popular Sovereignty
Who as the Supreme Court Chief in the court case Dred Scott v. Sanford?
Roger Taney
What was Dred Scott's claim in his lawsuit, Dred Scott v. Stanford?
Since he had lived for a period of time in the free territory, he was free.
Which accurately describes the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case?
That Scott, as a slave, was not a citizen and therefore had no right to sue.
Which correctly describes the outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The territory of the Kansas erupted into violence.
Which accurately describes southern states' reaction to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?
They began to secede from the Union.
Each person played a role in crafting the Georgia Platform of 1850 EXCEPT?
William Few
