Chapter 15
A
Although fewer than 200 slaves were returned to bondage during the first six years of the Fugitive Slave Act, it nonetheless widened and deepened the anti-slavery sentiment in the North. A. True B. False
D
An important factor contributing to the Compromise of 1850 was A. the death of Zachary Taylor. B. Henry Clay's eloquence in presenting his proposals to resolve the crisis. C. Stephen A. Douglas's idea to enact five separate laws. D. all of the above
B
As a southern man with Union principles, Zachary Taylor A. advocated popular sovereignty. B. wanted immediate admission of California and New Mexico as free states. C. supported the extension of slavery in the West but not in the North. D. opposed the Dred Scott decision.
B
Four years after Congressman David Wilmot proposed it, the Wilmot Proviso became law as part of the Compromise of 1850. A. True B. False
B
Fugitive slave Anthony Burns caused a sensation when A. he led an antislavery raid in "Bleeding Kansas." B. federal marshals captured him in Boston. C. he appeared as a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin. D. he caned Charles Sumner on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
A
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin became a huge success, due in part to its depiction of the horrors of the Fugitive Slave Act and the interstate slave trade. A. True B. False
B
In 1850, Daniel Webster called on "a higher law than the Constitution" to demand the abolition of slavery. A. True B. False
B
In 1859, John Brown led a pro-slavery raid at Harpers Ferry. A. True B. False
A
In proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen A. Douglas was initially most concerned about A. railroads. B. protecting slavery in the territories. C. barring slavery from the territories. D. gaining popularity in the South.
A
In the Pottawatomie Massacre, John Brown led a raid against pro-slavery settlers in Kansas. A. True B. False
A
In the election of 1860, Lincoln received only 39 percent of the popular vote. A. True B. False
A
In the first six months of 1857, Buchanan dealt with A. Dred Scott, the Lecompton Constitution, and an economic panic. B. John Brown's raid, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the Ostend Manifesto. C. the Pottawatomie Massacre, Dred Scott, and the Lecompton Constitution. D. economic panic, the secession of the Deep South, and John Brown's raid.
C
Leading advocates of popular sovereignty included A. Charles Sumner. B. Zachary Taylor. C. Stephen A. Douglas. D. Abraham Lincoln.
A
Mining towns in California were extremely dangerous and violent. A. True B. False
C
Of the candidates in the 1860 presidential election, the only one who tried to run a national campaign was A. Bell. B. Breckinridge. C. Douglas. D. Lincoln.
A
Popular sovereignty left the fate of slavery up to the people in each territory. A. True B. False
A
Reaction to the Kansas-Nebraska Act directly contributed to the formation of a brand-new political party, the Republican party. A. True B. False
B
Stephen A. Douglas delivered "The Crime against Kansas" speech in the Senate. A. True B. False
A
The "Great Compromiser" was Henry Clay. A. True B. False
A
The Compromise of 1850 did not include A. maintaining the balance between free states and slave states. B. a strong federal law requiring the return of fugitive slaves. C. the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C. D. admission of California as a free state.
C
The Crittenden Compromise sought to A. keep the southern border states in the Union. B. bar the expansion of slavery into the territories. C. guarantee slavery where it already existed. D. prevent the inauguration of Lincoln.
B
The Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court involved A. a slave who had been taken to live in Kansas. B. a slave suing for his freedom because his master had taken him into free territory. C. a former slave who sued for his wife's freedom on the grounds that she had been married to a free black. D. a slave who had been freed by his master and who challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
C
The Free-Soil party was a coalition made up of A. abolitionists, Know-Nothings, and western Democrats. B. Cotton Whigs, Van Burenite Democrats, and members of the Liberty party. C. Van Burenite Democrats, Conscience Whigs, and members of the Liberty party. D. abolitionists, Cotton Whigs, and Van Buren Democrats.
A
The Freeport Doctrine was Douglas's attempt to reconcile popular sovereignty and the Dred Scott decision. A. True B. False
B
The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 was related to the A. fulfillment of popular sovereignty. B. creation of a transcontinental railroad. C. Free-Soil presidential ambitions of Henry Gadsden. D. annexation of Texas.
D
The Kansas-Nebraska Act A. resulted in a new national party, the Republican Party. B. led Northern Whigs to break with their party. C. repealed the Missouri Compromise. D. all the above.
B
The Republican party was committed to upholding the extension of slavery into the territories of the United States. A. True B. False
D
The Wilmot Proviso called for A. popular sovereignty in all western territories. B. extending the Missouri Compromise to California. C. banning slavery from California. D. prohibiting slavery in land gained from Mexico.
C
The greatest mass migration in American history was A. the settlement of Kansas. B. passage on the Underground Railroad. C. the California gold rush. D. the Free-Soilers' move to the Nebraska Territory.
B
The religious revivals of 1857-1860 came about as increasing numbers of Americans in both the North and South became concerned with the issues of slavery and social reform. A. True B. False
