Unit 7 Quiz Review

Which of the following allowed California to be admitted into the Union as a free state?

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which of the following figures led the raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry?

• John Adams

• John Stevens

• John Black

• John Brown

How did the outcome of the Mexican-American War, which added new lands to America, increase sectional tensions throughout the 1850s?

• Southern farmers resented the wealth gained from California gold

• Texas and California did not desire statehood, which angered New England politicians

• Territorial expansion led to intense debates about the extension of slavery into the new areas

• Agriculture became the dominant economic activity in the new areas, which threatened manufacturing interests

What event started the Civil War?

• First Bull Run

• Bleeding Kansas

• Fort Sumter

• Raid on Harpers Ferry

"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could do it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do that." - Abraham Lincoln, 1862

This quotation illustrates Lincoln's attempt to do what?

• Acceptance of the slave trade

• Determination to support popular sovereignty

• Agreement with abolitionists

• Willingness to compromise on the issue of slavery

How did the election of 1860 contribute to the outbreak of the Civil War?

• It caused a split in Southern Democrats in their support for Lincoln

• It indicated that many non-slaveholders in the South supported Lincoln

• It confirmed that Southern states feared the election of Lincoln would bring about the end of slavery

• It showed that slave owners in the West viewed Lincoln as one who would protect slavery

Which of the following individuals was beaten by a cane in the middle of congress?

• Preston Brooks

• Henry Clay

• James Buchannan

• Charles Sumner

Which of the following individuals was the president of the Confederacy?

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

What court case decided that slaves were legally property and could not sue since they were not citizens

• Plessy V. Ferguson

• Sumner V. Brooks

• Fugitive Slave Laws

• Dred Scott Case

Which of the following political parties did Abraham Lincoln belong to?

• Southern Democratic Party

• Northern Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Free-Soil Party