Ch 15

Which state below is a Confederate State?

• Maine
• California
• Kentucky
• Virginia

Which of the following lists states that only belonged to the Confederacy?

• Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Arkansas
• New York, Florida, Alabama
• Louisiana, Texas, Virginia
• Indiana, Ohio, Mississippi

Henry Clay's compromise became known as

• the Maine compromise
• the Missouri compromise 
• Clay's compromise
• Henry's compromise

Which party endorsed the Wilmot Proviso?

• Whig
• Free-Soil
• Democratic
• Republican

Stephen A. Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through

• popular sovereignty
• states' choice
• free choice 
• people's choice

the main topic of the Lincoln- Douglas debates was

• Western territories
• free silver
• slavery
• war with Mexico

what plan specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands acquired to Mexico?

• Missouri Compromise
• Clay's Plan
• Gadsden Purchase
• Wilmot Proviso

according to this, a person could be fined or imprisoned for aiding fugitives.

• souther slave act
• owners-right act 
• fugitive slave act
• runaway slave act

what was the first territory to shed blood in a civil war over slavery?

• Texas
• Kansas
• Missouri
• South Carolina

what Supreme Court decision divided the nation even more?

• Winfield Scott case
• Dred Scott case
• Clay's ruling
• John Brown case