Chapter 16: Lesson 2

Chapter 16: Lesson 2

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Multiple Choice

Which party did the Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers join together to form?

• Abolitionist Party

• Antislavery Party

• Northern Party

• Republican Party

Multiple Choice

Which of the following relates to a Supreme Court decision that ruled that the Constitution protected slavery?

• Dred Scott

• Harpers Ferry

• Lincoln-Douglas

• Missouri Compromise

Multiple Choice

Which Supreme Court decision ruled that enslaved persons were property?

• Clay decision

• Dred Scott decision

• Fugitive Slave decision

• John Brown decision

Multiple Choice

What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• admission of Illinois to the Union

• economic issues

• slavery

• war with Mexico

Multiple Choice

Which of these accusations did Douglas make against Lincoln?

• Lincoln secretly supported the Freeport Doctrine.

• Lincoln wanted African Americans to be fully equal to whites.

• Lincoln wanted the United States to abolish popular sovereignty.

• Lincoln wanted the United States to return to British rule.

Multiple Choice

Douglas lost support in the South due to which doctrine?

• Douglas Debate Doctrine

• Douglas Doctrine

• Freeport Doctrine

• Slaveholders’ Rights Doctrine

Multiple Choice

After the Lincoln-Douglas debates, who was elected as an Illinois senator?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Daniel Webster

• Henry Clay

• Stephen A. Douglas

Multiple Choice

Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

• Stephen A. Douglas

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