Unit 4 Civil War Exam

Which event led directly to the secession of several Southern states from the Union?

• Violence in Kansas over the spread of slavery

• Election of Abraham Lincoln as president

• Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

• Raid by John Brown at Harpers Ferry

Before the start of the Civil War, many Southern political leaders supported

• States' Rights

• Higher Tariff Rates

• Voting rights for women

• Repealing the Fugitive Slave Act

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin Stirs Controversy”

“Kansas Rocked by Bloody Conflict”

“John Brown’s Raid Angers South”

Which statement about the United States in the 1850s is best supported by these headlines?

• Americans had lost confidence in the plan for Reconstruction.

• The nation had grown increasingly divided over the future of slavery.

• Northern and Southern voters were united in support of popular sovereignty.

• Support for the abolitionist movement decreased during this period.

Many southern political leaders praised the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) because it

• Granted citizenship to all enslaved persons

• Upheld the principle of popular sovereignty

• Supported the right of a state to secede from the Union

• Protected the property rights of slave owners in the territories

“Compromise Enables Maine and Missouri to Enter the Union ”

“California Joins the Union as Part of Compromise of 1850”

“Kansas-Nebraska Act Establishes Popular Sovereignty in the Territories”

Which issues is most closely associated with these headlines?

• Status of slavery in new states

• Negotiations of the Oregon Treaty

• Expansion of land for reservations

• Influence of political parties on economic development

Which statement about the Missouri Compromise (1820) is most accurate?

• Slavery was banned west of the Mississippi

• Unorganized territories would be governed by the U.S. and Great Britain

• The balance between free and slave states was maintained.

• The 36 30’ line formed a new boundary between the United States and Canada.

In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between

• Proslavery and antislavery groups

• Spanish landowners and American settlers

• Chinese and Irish railroad workers

• Native American Indians and white settlers

The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by

• exposing the dangers of cotton manufacturing

• intensifying Northern dislike of slavery

• pressuring the president to support emancipation

• convincing Congress to ban the importation of slaves

Abolitionists in the Pre-Civil War period were most likely to support the

• Removal of the Cherokee Indians from George

• Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• Activities of the Underground Railroad

• Use of popular sovereignty in the territories

Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?

• nullification

• sectionalism

• popular sovereignty

• southern secession