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Chapter 15: A Divided Nation

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Wilmon Proviso was an idea proposed to Congress to

prohibit slavery in all parts of the Mexican Cession.
reinstate slavery in the northern states.
allow slaver to be counted in the population of a state. 
increase and improve the rights given to slaves.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Wilmot Proviso spurred a debate that showed growing sectionalism, which refers to

attempts to outline electoral districts based on religion. 
taking advantage of loopholes in state and federal laws.
paying attention to just one problem at a time. 
favoring the interest of a region of those of the country. 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the United States?

Slavery would not be permitted in unofficial states.
State or territories would decide whether to permit slavery.
Slavery would not be permitted anywhere in the country.
The federal government wold have the last word on slavery. 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the consequence of the Compromise of 1850?

The federal government was losing power over the states.
Divisions between North and South became more distinct.
Economic benefits of the slave trade were destroyed in all parts of the Union.
The balance of free and slave states ended in the Union. 

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the position of South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun in the debate for the Compromise of 1850?

Slave states should separate peacefully from the Union.
Slavery should end in the nation's capital. 
The federal government should ban the slave trade. 
California should enter the Union as a free state.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which famous Civil War Army officer captured John Brown?

Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Robert E. Lee
William T. Sherman

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements are true about the Fugitive Slave Act?

The law permitted fugitives to testify on their own behalf.
People who helped runaways often served as defense witnesses.
Commissioners earned more money from returning slaves to slaveholders. 
Enforcement of the law began ten years after it passed. 

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