PRE-TEST The Union in Crisis

One provision of the Compromise of 1850

• admitted Washington D.C. to the Union as a free state.
• loosened the requirements of the Fugitive Slave Act
• admitted California as a slave state.
• admitted California as a free state.

The Fugitive Slave Act adopted in 1850

• required private citizens to assist with apprehending runaway slaves.
• required private citizens to help runaway slave escape.
• applied only to northern states.
• applied only to southern states.

How did northerners respond to the Fugitive Slave Act?

• some northern states enacted legislation opposing it
• some northern states supported it
• some northern states enacted the Wilmot Proviso
• some northern states challenged it in the Supreme Court

Immediately prior to "Bleeding Kansas," what kind of government had been established in the Kansas-Nebraska territory?

• Kansas had an anti-slavery government and Nebraska had pro-slavery government
• an antislavery government
• a pro slavery government
• two opposing governments were established in Kansas

In 1854, the issue of slavery was inflamed by the

• Wilmot Provision
• Missouri Comprimise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Free-Soil Party

Why did John Brown attack the arsenal at Harper's Ferry?

• He wanted to avenge the deaths of his sons.
• He was protesting in favor of slavery.
• He hoped to inspire a revolution that would end slavery.
• He wanted to die as a martyr.

What law was found to be unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision?

• the personal liberties laws
• the Wilmot Provision
• the Missouri Compromise

• The Runaway Slave Act

Which of the candidates for President in 1860 supported popular sovereignty?

• Abraham Lincoln
• John Bell
• John Breckenridge
• Stephen Douglas

Abraham Lincoln won the election in 1860

• even though he was not on the ballot in most southern states.
• with support from both North and South.
• even though his political party was fractured.
• because of his support for popular sovereignty.

Territorial expansion during the first half of the 19th century contributed to 

• a balanced budget
• escalating the debate over slavery
• weakening the policy of isolationism
• improving the living conditions of Native Americans