Ch 15 Test Review

What economic system (making money) did the North have?

• Agriculture

• Industry

• Politics

What economic system (making money) did the South have?

• Agriculture

• Industry

• Politics

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

• It allowed free slaves safe passage to the North through the Underground Railroad.

• It allowed California to enter as a free state and Maine as a slave state.

• It allowed the citizens of their states to use popular sovereignty (vote) to decide if they would be a free or slave state.

What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• A vacation home for Harriet Beecher Stowe and her family.

• A novel that described slavery in the South.

• A novel that showed slavery as a good institution.

What impact did Uncle Tom's Cabin have on the Southern states?

• It angered the South because it didn't portray slavery the correct way.

• They were happy about the novel because it showed how horrible slavery was.

• It gave a lot of people a nice vacation spot to the people in the South.

Why did Stephen A. Douglas support the Compromise of 1850?

• He felt that it would get him more votes.

• He believed it would prevent the nation from breaking apart.

• He thought that it would help foreign relations.

What was the verdict of Dred Scott v Sandford?

• The Supreme Court said that since he was property and not a citizen, he did not have the right to sue for his freedom.

• The Supreme Court said that since he lived in free territory he was considered a free person.

• The Supreme Court said that since he was not allowed to sue for his freedom because he did not have any money.

What did John Brown do during "Bleeding Kansas"?

• He killed 7 of his pro slavery neighbors (Pottawatomie Massacre)

• He helped vote for slavery in the Kansas territory.

• He tried to organize the votes in Kansas.

The system in which issues are decided by the citizens or voters is known as:

• Bickering

• Popular sovereignty

• Wilmot Proviso

What compromise came to an end when the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Fugitive Slave Act