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(Q006) Which of the following was an outcome of the Compromise of 1850
California was admitted to the Union as a free state
(Q0130) Of the candidates in the 1860 presidential election, the only one who tried to run a national campaign was
Douglas
(Q005) Which of the following did Zachary Taylor do as president?
He sought immediate admission of California and New Mexico as free states
(Q012) Which was an outcome of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Lincoln became a national figure
(Q002) Leading advocates of popular sovereignty included
Stephen A. Douglas
(Q004) As of 1860, the greatest mass migration in American history was
The California gold rush
(Q021) The Fugitive Slave Act widened and deepened the anti-slavery sentiment in the North
True
(Q011) The Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court involved
a slave suing for his freedom because his master had taken him into free territory
(Q017) Popular sovereignty left the status of slavery up to the people in each territory
true
(Q019) Henry Clay's Omnibus Bill was a precursor to the Compromise of 1850
true
(Q022) Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin became a huge success, despite being very unpopular in the South
true
(Q023) Reaction to the Kansas-Nebraska Act directly contributed to the formation of a brand-new political party, the Republican party.
true
(Q025) In the Pottawatomie Massacre, John Brown led a raid against pro-slavery settlers in Kansas
true
(Q028) By 1860, the slave states were in the minority
true
(Q029) In the election of 1860, Lincoln received only 39% of the popular vote
true
(Q008) In proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen A Douglas was initially most concerned about
establishing railroads
(Q016) Four years after Congressman David Wilmot proposed it, the Wilmot Prociso became law as part of the Compromise of 1850
false
(Q018) Mining towns in California were harshly governed by Francisan missionaries
false
(Q020) During the debate over the Compromise of 1850, Daniel Webster called on " a higher law than the Constitution" to demand the abolition of slavery
false
(Q024) The Republican party was founded upon a commitment to extending slavery into the territories of the United States.
false
(Q026) Stephen A. Douglas was viscously beaten in response to an anti-slavery speech he gave in the Senate
false
(Q027) The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case upheld the concept of popular sovereignty
false
(Q030) During his 1860 presidential campaign, Lincoln pledged to end slavery and free the slaves
false
(Q014) The Crittenden Compromise sought to
guarantee slavery where it already existed
(Q010) What issue caused the violence known as "Bleeding Kansas"?
popular sovereignty on the question of slavery
(Q001) The Wilmot Proviso called for
prohibiting slavery in land gained from war with Mexico
(Q003) The Free-Soil party attracted members from all of the following groups EXCEPT
southern Democrats
(Q015) What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter
(Q009) In the first six months of 1857, President Buchanan deal with
the Dred Scott case, the Lecompton Constitution, and an economic panic
(Q007) Which of the following events aided in the passage of the Compromise of 1850?
the death of Zachary Taylor