Civil War Test

What is the devotion to the interests of one region instead of to the country as a whole called?

• isolationism
• sectionalism
• states' rights
• patriotism

Which is true about the Fugitive Slave Act?

• law permitted fugitives to testify on their behalf

• people helping runaway slaves often served as witnesses

• commissioners benefited from returning slaves to slaveholders

• enforcement of law began 10 years after it was passed

How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the U.S.?

• slavery would not be permitted in unofficial states

• states/territories would decide to permit slavery

• slavery would not be permitted anywhere

• federal government would have final say on slavery

Which was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

• California would enter Union as a free state

• more strict fugitive slave law was passed

• slavery would not be allowed in any future territories/states

• slave trade would end in Washington D.C., but not slavery itself

How did Harriet Beecher Stowe influence the debate over slavery?

• pushed for the start of the Civil War

• exposed harsh realities of slave life

• accused federal government of obeying the southern states

• attacked political figures who supported slavery in the South

Who was afraid of losing voting power if there were more free states than slave states?

• Southern Senators

• Northern Senators

• The President

• All of Congress

The Compromise of 1850 was passed to satisfy the concerns of leaders from the North and South. Select the answers that were passed to satisfy the concerns of the South.

• A strong fugitive slave law would be passed.

• California would join the Union as a free state

• The slave trade would end in Washington, DC.

• Territories from the Mexican Cession would use popular sovereignty to decide on slavery

You have to put each event in chronological order from first to last. There will be 5 questions.

Choose the first event.

• Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad.

• Violence between pro-slavery and antislavery groups starts.

• Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed.

• Rival antislavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed.

The following 5 questions ask you to put each event in chronological order from first to 5th.

Choose the second event.

• Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad.

• Violence between pro-slavery and antislavery groups starts.

• Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed.

• Rival antislavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed.

The following 5 questions ask you to put each event in chronological order from first to 5th.

Choose the third event.

• Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad.

• Violence between pro-slavery and antislavery groups starts.

• Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed.

• Rival antislavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed.