Unit 5 Test

How did the South react to Abraham Lincoln's election as President in 1860?

• North Carolina and Virginia seceded, followed by South Carolina

• To save the Union, Southern leaders agreed to support the new President.

• Southern leaders called for a new presidential election to be held in the spring.

• Seven Southern states seceded - or split from the Union - and formed the Confederate States of America.

Southerners attacked Fort Sumter because they believed that

• Lincoln was going to destroy the fort.

• the fort was in Confederate territory and was an important part of Charleston's defenses.

• the British were preparing to capture the fort.

• the capture of the fort would force Lincoln to resign.

Which statement best describes the results of the presidential election of 1860?

• Regional attitudes toward slavery decided the outcome.

• Moderate (not strongly in favor of or against slavery) voters who wanted a compromise on slavery determined the winner.

• National unity led to a landslide victory for the Republican candidate

• Regional attitudes toward slavery played a small role in the outcome.

California entered the Union as a free state in the

• Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• Wilmot Proviso

• Compromise of 1850.

• Missouri Compromise.

What was John Brown's goal in his raid on Harper's Ferry?

• To protest the massacre that occurred in Kansas.

• To raise an army of slaves and lead them in a rebellion against their masters.

• To free African Americans who had been captured by the U.S. Army.

• To demonstrate that he sided with Northerners in the debate over slavery.

Which of the following was NOT a direct cause of the Civil War?

• Union troops attacked Confederate forts in South Carolina

• Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860

• Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter

• Seven southern states seceded from the Union.

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 was most likely demanded by southern members of Congress?

• the new, tougher Fugitive Slave Law

• the settlement of a border dispute between Texas and Mexico

• the ban of the slave trade in Washington D.C.

• the admission of California as a free state

Which of the following was a result of the Wilmot Proviso?

• Some Democrats and Whigs formed the Free Soil Party.

• Southerners became increasingly concerned that the North was trying to end slavery in the United States.

• The issue of slavery in new territories gained from Mexico was left undecided

• All of the above

Which of the following was a point made by the Dred Scott decision?

• Slaves were considered to be property, even if they lived in free territory.

• Slaves were citizens of the United States.

• Congress had the power to ban slavery in any territory.

• The Missouri Compromise would keep slavery from spreading

Abraham Lincoln won the Presidency in the election of 1860 despite receiving only about ________ percent of the popular votes.

• 60

• 40

• 50

• 30