U S History Chapter 13 Part 4

The South resisted the admission of California as a state because Southerners

• feared the loss of pwer in the Senate.

• believed that new states did not have the right to ban slavery.

• demanded that California become a territory first.

• wanted to introduce slavery into California.

The Calhoun Resolution said that slavery

• would not be banned in new states.

• could not be banned until a territory became a state.

• could be banned in a territory only by a vote of the people.

• would be banned in all new territories.

Which of the items below was the earliest controversy in the steady slide toward civil war?

• the Compromise of 1850,

• the Freeport Doctrine

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the Wilmot Proviso

Which of the following was a reaction to the threat of the Wilmot Proviso?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Freeport Doctrine

• Calhoun Resolutions

What factor was probably most responsible for Lincoln's election to the presidency?

• widespread opposition to slavery

• anger over the execution of John Brown

• a split within the Democratic Party

• Lincoln's personal appeal

Which of the following was not passed by Congress?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Wilmot Proviso

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

Who was not among the candidates for president in the election of 1860?

• John Bell

• John C. Breckinridge

• James Buchanan

• Stephen A. Douglas

One reason the Kansas-Nebraska Act was introduced was to

• settle the slavery issue in the territories.

• strengthen the provisions of the Missouri Compromise.

• ensure that the transcontinental railroad would benefit Illinois

• satisfy the demands of abolionists in the North

What party became the real successor of the Whig Party?

• Republican Party

• Know-Nothing Party

• Free-Soil Party

• Constitutional Union Party

What event was most responsible for the Upper South seceding?

• the election of Lincoln.

• the raid on Harpers Ferry

• Lincoln's call for troops

• the bombardment of Fort Sumter