US History Chapter 15 Test

The admission of Missouri as a slave state was controversial in the Senate because

• the Senate was antislavery.
• it would upset the balance.
• it would create sectionalism.
• the Senate was proslavery.

Henry Clay's compromise became known as

• Henry's Compromise
• Clay's Compromise
• The Missouri Compromise
• The Maine Compromise

Which party endorsed the Wilmot Proviso?

• Republican
• Democrat
• Free-Soil
• Whig

Enforcement of the Fugitive Act led to

• an end to the struggle.
• recognition of Southerners' rights.
• more anger in the nort
• compromise

Stephen A. Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through

• people's choice
• free choice
• pepsi choice
• popular sovereignty

In the congressional election of 1858, the Senate race in what state was the center of national attention?

• Ohio
• Indiana
• Illinois
• Michigan

The main topic of the Lincoln–Douglas debates was

• slavery
• economy
• war with mexico
• wrestling trivia

Southerners justified secession with the theory of

• state's rights
• Union errors
• federal rights
• constitutional rights

What plan specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands that might be acquired from Mexico?

• Wilmot Proviso
• Mexican Plan
• Clay's Plan
• Missouri Compromise

According to the __________, a person could be fined or imprisoned for aiding fugitives.

• runaway slave act
• fugitive slave act
• owner's rights act
• southern slave act