Chapter 10 Review

The idea that people living in a territory would decide whether or not to allow slavery was

• Indirect Democracy

• Slave Codes

• Popular Sovereignty

• Free Soil

All of the following are true of the government of the Confederacy EXCEPT:

• the Constitution specifically protected slavery

• it was based on states rights

• it was a weak central government

• it gave significant powers to the President.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated

• popular sovereignty would be used

• slavery would be illegal

• Kansas would be a free state but Nebraska would allow slavery.

• slavery would be legal in both territories

The United States purchased land called the Gadsden Purchase because

• they wanted to expand slavery there

• some hoped to build a Transcontinental Railroad there

• gold was discovered there

• Mexico was unable to govern the land effectively.

The violence in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas" demonstrated

• popular sovereignty was a successful solution

• slaves wanted freedom

• the South was willing to compromise on slavery

• popular sovereignty was not a practice solution

Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?

• his owner had beat him very badly

• he had raised enough money to purchase his freedom

• he had lived in a free territory

• he argued slavery was immoral and unconstitutional

In the Freeport Doctrine, Stephen Douglas suggested that residents of territories should not

• allow slavery

• pass slave codes

• try to stop the spread of slavery

• vote until slavery was abolished

In the Election of 1860, the Democratic Party split over what issue?

• slavery

• railroads

• tariffs

• expansion

Many Northern states passed __________ in which they refused to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.

• Slave Codes

• Non Importation Agreements

• Ordinance of Secession

• Personal Liberty Laws

The government of the Confederacy was first formed in

• Atlanta, GA

• Charleston, SC

• Montgomery, AL

• Richmond, VA