American History Ch. 21
Which of the following is not an accurate statement concerning the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
Antislavery northerners reacted with neutrality.
Which of the following does not characterize a fault of Jefferson Davis?
He lacked political experience at a national level.
Which of the following best describes Lincoln's stand on slavery in 1860?
It was constitutional, but must be banned from the territories.
The 1860 presidential candidate that best represented the spirit of deep attachment to the Union and compromise in the tradition of Henry Clay was:
John C. Bell.
In 1856, the Republican presidential candidate was:
John Fremont.
In 1860, the Democrats split with the northern Democrats nominating ________, and the southern Democrats nominating ________.
Stephen Douglas/ John C. Breckinridge
Which of the following states chose to join the Confederacy?
Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee
In 1857, Kansas asked to be admitted to the Union under the Lecompton Constitution which:
allowed slavery in Kansas
Once in office, Lincoln:
appointed his rivals to office and allowed them a great deal of freedom.
When the antislavery town of Lawrence, Kansas was shot up and set afire, John Brown responded by:
hacking a group of proslavery settlers to pieces.
Lincoln did not accept a proposed compromise to keep the Union together because:
he could not give in on the point of allowing slavery in the territories.
James Buchanan was able to win the presidential election in 1856 in part because:
he had been out of the country during the Kansas-Nebraska controversy.
The Republicans decided to run Abraham Lincoln as their candidate in 1860 because:
he was a moderate on the slavery issue
The New England Emigrant Aid Company was devoted to:
moving anti-slavery settlers to Kansas.
The term "border ruffians" refers to
people of western Missouri who wanted the territory of Kansas to allow slavery.
Regarding Fort Sumter, Lincoln decided to:
resupply it but not with force.
In the Freeport Doctrine, Stephen Douglas:
said that in spite of the Dred Scott decision territories could still keep slaves out by refusing to pass slave codes.
The seven states of the Deep South seceded:
shortly after Lincoln's election.
The Confederate States of America adopted a constitution most similar to:
the Constitution of the United States.
John Brown is a symbol of:
the fact that extremists on both sides were no longer rational.
Lincoln believed the Civil War was being fought:
to preserve the Union
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election:
without being on the ballot in ten of fifteen slave states.
When Charles Sumner made his speech, "A Crime Against Kansas":
a Congressman from South Carolina responded by caning him on the floor of the Senate.
