Union in Crisis Test Review

In the late 1840s, what led to the question of whether slavery should expand to the territories?

• the enactment of the Wilmot Proviso
• the violence of “Bleeding Kansas”
• the results of the Mexican War.
• the attack at Harpers Ferry

In the election of 1848 the major parties were forced to take a stand on slavery because of?

• the rise of the Republican Party.
• the rise of the Free Soil Party.
• the rise of the American Party.
• the rise of the Whig party

The Fugitive Slave Act angered Northerners because?

• it prioritized states’ rights over the rights of the federal government.
• it contradicted the Missouri Compromise.
• it contradicted the Wilmot Proviso.
• it increased federal intervention in the affairs of independent states.

Which of these were nullified by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Missouri Compromise
• personal liberties laws
• idea of popular sovereignty
• Crittenden Compromise

The events of “Bleeding Kansas” can be attributed to?

• the competition between farmers trying to settle the land.
• the blistering speech of Charles Sumner on the Senate floor.
• the competition of opposing political groups.
• Preston Brook’s attack on Sumner.

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncles Tom’s Cabin infuriated the South because it?

• was a work of fiction by a northern white woman.
• spread anti-slavery sentiment in the North.
• portrayed all slave owners as evil.
• advocated a violent rebellion of slaves.

Why was Abolitionist John Brown executed?

• for his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry
• for his midnight massacre
• for his part in “Bleeding Kansas”
• for beating Charles Sumner with a cane

Abolitionists believed that slavery?

• worked better than a free labor system.
• threatened unskilled workers in the north.
• was morally wrong and wanted to end it.
• belonged only in the southern states.

Who was the Free-Soil Party’s candidate for President?

• Zachary Taylor
• Martin Van Buren
• Lewis Cass
• Henry Foote

What provision did the Compromise of 1850 include?

• California would be admitted as a free state.
• Slavery would be ended in Washington D.C.
• Congress would abolish the Fugitive Slave Law.
• Texas would gain New Mexico for $10 million.