Ch. 14 U.S. History Test Review

Front

What was the main obstacle to Stephen A. Douglas’s proposed Chicago–San Francisco railroad?

Back

The territory was not organized into states.

Front

What is popular sovereignty?

Back

allowing citizens to decide issues by voting

Front

Who was Jefferson Davis?

Back

the president of the Confederacy

Front

Why did many people living in states in the northern part of the South, like Virginia and Tennessee, oppose secession?

Back

They believed it was treason.

Front

Why did the slave states object to California statehood?

Back

It would upset the balance of power in the Senate.

Front

Why did some plantation owners present the Ostend Manifesto to the U.S. government?

Back

They wanted Cuba to be a new slave state.

Front

Who were the “team of rivals”?

Back

the men Lincoln appointed to his Cabinet

Front

Why did John Brown lead a raid at Harpers Ferry?

Back

to create an “army of emancipation”

Front

Which statement best describes Abraham Lincoln’s background? Options: He was born and raised on his family’s farm in Illinois., He ran for president as the sitting senator from Kentucky., He had little formal schooling but was a successful lawyer., He had not served in public office before he ran for president.

Back

He had little formal schooling but was a successful lawyer.

Front

Which candidate in the 1860 election campaigned in both the North and the South?

Back

Stephen Douglas