Standard 3 Quiz 1 up to Dred Scott

What impact did the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin have on the nation?

• It eased sectional tensions by creating sympathy for southern farmers.

• It increased public support for abolition by giving a true account of the life of a slave.

• It led to increased support for slavery by portraying slave owners as benevolent caregivers.

• It caused public sentiment to shift in support of abolition by appealing to people's emotions.

What did the North gain from the Compromise of 1850?

• the events of "Bleeding Kansas"

• the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the admission of California as a free state

• the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C.

What precedent did the Supreme Court set in case Dred Scott v Sanford?

• Slaves were not free just because they resided in territory where slavery was not allowed.

• Slaves were automatically freed if they entered territory where slavery was not allowed.

• It was illegal for slave owners to move into free territory with slaves.

• It was illegal for slave owners to travel through free territory with slaves.

What legislation was passed by Congress to pacify the South and keep them in the union?

• the Fugitive Slave Act

• California would be added to the Union

• the 1832 Ordinance of Nullification

• the Alien and Sedition Act

What issue did Congress address with the Missouri Compromise(1820) and the Compromise of 1850?

• conflict over states' rights versus the role of the federal government

• disputes between northern manufacturers and southern farmers over tariffs

• conflict over the purchase of new territories in the West

• disputes over the admittance of new states to the Union

What effect did John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin and the ruling in Dred Scott v Sanford have on the nation?

• They ended slavery in the western territories.

• They caused a greater divide between the North and the South.

• They encouraged a spirit of cooperation to solve sectional differences.

• They weakened the influence of abolitionists over politicians.

What divisive issue dominated the discussion of adding new states to the union?

• whether new states would be slave or free

• how much representation new states should have in Congress

• whether new states should pay taxes

• how many people would be allowed to settle in the new states

What issue led secessionist to leave the union?

• Secessionists were upset with the balance of power in the legislative branch and taxation in the Union.

• Secessionists were upset with the election of President Lincoln and the issue of limiting the expansion of slavery.

• Secessionists were upset with the Dred Scott decision and the unbalance of power in Congress.

• Secessionists were upset with the Dred Scott decision and the election of President Lincoln.

Why were Southerners supportive of the Dred Scott v Sanford decision?

• It declared protective tariffs unconstitutional.

• It gave states the right to secede from the Union.

• It protected the rights of slave owners.

• It declared Kansas to be a slave state.

What action of Congress did this poster align with?

• adoption of the Compromise of 1850

• passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• introduction of the Wilmot Proviso

• adoption of the Missouri Compromise