History Chapter 16

Multiple Choice

True or False

• The Whig Party selected Millard Fillmore as a presidential candidate in 1848

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False

• The Missouri Compromise preserved the balance between slave states and free states.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False

• The Wilmot Proviso allowed California to enter the Union as a free state.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

True or False

• John C. Calhoun offered a counter-proposal to the Wilmot Proviso.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False

• Both Zachary Taylor and Lewis Cass ignored the issue of slavery during the 1848 presidential election.

• True

• False

Match

Match the following

• Who won the 1848 presidential election?

• What arose from the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• Who wrote "Civil Disobedience"?

• Who wrote the Dred Scott decision?

• Stephen Douglas's resolution of Henry Clay's slavery plan.

Zachary Taylor

Freeport Doctrine

Henry David Thoreau

Roger B. Taney

Compromise of 1850

• Zachary Taylor

• Freeport Doctrine

• Henry David Thoreau

• Roger B. Taney

• Compromise of 1850

Multiple Choice

Which of these was the result of enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• • A. anger in the North

• • B. compromise on the slavery question

• • C. recognition of states' rights

• • D. resolution of the slavery question

Multiple Choice

Which position did Franklin Pierce begin holding in 1853?

• • United States senator

• • president of the United States

• • chief justice

• • editor of The Liberator

Multiple Choice

James Polk and the Democrats favored the annexation of which state?

• • A. California

• • B. Florida

• • C. Georgia

• • D. Texas

Multiple Choice

What does abstain mean?

• • to create a network

• • to leave the Union

• • to not vote

• • to vote

Multiple Choice

Who was a violent opponent of slavery?

• Butler

• John Brown

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

Multiple Choice

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

• • economic issues

• • admission of Illinois to the Union

• • slavery

• • war with Mexico

Multiple Choice

Who believed that neither Congress nor local governments had the authority to ban slavery from a territory?

• • Zachary Taylor

• • John C. Calhoun

• • Henry Clay

• • Daniel Webster

Sigma Slide 🗿

Describe the significance, issues, and outcomes of the election of 1860

Significance

1. Division of the Union

2. Rise of the Republican Party

Issues

1. Slavery:

2. States' Rights

Candidates and Their Platforms

• Abraham Lincoln (Republican)

• Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat)

• John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat)

• John Bell (Constitutional Union)

Outcomes

1. Lincoln's Election

2. Secession

3. Civil War

​Hard Slides 😱

Multiple Choice

Which "property of this kind" is being referred to in Taney's decision?

• • A. Land owned by the federal government

• • B. Dred Scott and his family

• • C. Slaves in general

• • D. Agricultural products

Multiple Choice

The South was mostly pleased by the Dred Scott decision because the Supreme Court ruled that...

• • A. Slavery was immoral

• • B. African Americans were citizens

• • C. Restricting slavery was unconstitutional

• • D. Slavery should be abolished

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court's ruling in Scott v Sanford...

• • A. Supported abolitionists

• • B. Encouraged westward expansion

• • C. Outraged opponents of slavery

• • D. Was ignored by Congress

Multiple Choice

How did Henry David Thoreau believe people should deal with unjust laws?

• • A. Follow them strictly

• • B. Protest peacefully

• • C. Ignore them completely

• • D. Follow laws unless they go against your conscience

Multiple Choice

Lincoln was elected president even though he received less than 1/2 of the popular vote. Explain why Lincoln won the election.

• • A. The North was more populous.

• • B. He was the only candidate

• • C. He promised to end slavery immediately

• • D. He was supported by the Supreme Court

Multiple Choice

Do you think two candidates running for the Democratic Party helped or hurt Lincoln's chances for winning the election?

• • A. It helped Lincoln and the Republicans

• • B. It had no effect

• • C. It hurt Lincoln's chances

• • D. It helped the Democrats win

Multiple Choice

Who won the 1860 Presidential Election?

• • A. Stephen Douglas

• • B. John C. Breckinridge

• • C. Abraham Lincoln

• • D. John Bell

• Zachary Taylor