Chapter 16-Compromise over slavery

The Wilmot Proviso called for

• the election of Martin Van Buren

• banning slavery in any land the US acquired from Mexico

• California entering the Union as a slave state

• a pro-slavery government in Kansas

What approach did Senator Stephen A. Douglas propose as an alternative to the Missouri Compromise?

• Gadsden Purchase

• Texas-Maine Act

• popular sovereignty

• free soil

Which term refers to pro-slavery activists who crossed the Kansas border to vote?

• border patrollers

• border ruffians

• Iowans

• Missourians

In which state did rival pro-slavery and antislavery governments exist as the same time?

• California

• Kansas

• Missouri

• Texas

What is the name for a war between citizens of the same country?

• civil war

• cold war

• inter-country war

• undeclared war

Which party did the Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers join together to form?

• Abolitionist Party

• Antislavery Party

• Northern Party

• Republican Party

Which of the following relates to a Supreme Court decision that ruled that the Constitution protected slavery?

• Dred Scott

• Harpers Ferry

• Lincoln-Douglas

• Missouri Compromise

Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?

• Abe Liincoln

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

• Stephen Douglas

Which was the first state to vote to secede from the Union?

• Georgia

• Maryland

• Missouri

• South Carolina

Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abe Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E Lee

• Stephen Douglas