Chapter 15: A Divided Nation

What did John Brown hope to accomplish by taking over the Harpers Ferry arsenal?

• He hoped to start a revolt among the slaves

• He hoped to end slavery in the South

• He hoped to arm slaves in the South.

• All choices

What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case?

• Dred Scott was a free man because he spent time in free territory.

• African Americans are citizens and slavery is illegal.

• Dred Scott was responsible for the death of his owner.

• African Americans are not citizens and slaves are property.

Why did the South feel like it was losing power after the election of 1860?

• Lincoln won the election, but won no votes in the South and wanted to prevent the spread of slavery.

• Breckenridge won the election and encouraged the spread of slavery in the west.

• Stephen Douglas only one one state, but encouraged popular sovereignty.

• Nobody won and the South was without a leader.

What new political party was formed in 1854 and what was their goal?

• Democratic Party. To encourage popular sovereignty in the west

• Republican Party. To prevent the spread of slavery in the west.

• Federalist Party. To strengthen the power of the federal government.

• Know-Nothing party. They don't know what their goal is.

Pro-slavery people from what state crossed over into Kansas in order to vote in the election?

• Oklahoma

• Nebraska

• Missouri

• Canada

As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?

• The Missouri Compromise.

• The President would vote.

• The House of Representatives would vote.

• Popular sovereignty.

California's admission as a free state after the Mexican War started controversy because...

• it would upset the balance between free state and slave states.

• many Californians already had slaves.

• most Californians wanted independence.

• California did not want to become a state.

What law compelled the North to return runaway slaves back to the South?

• Abolition Act of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Wilmont Proviso

Who was the leader in killing five pro slavery settlers in Kansas?

• John Brown

• Henry Clay

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

What percentage of the popular vote did Abraham Lincoln win in the election of 1860?

• 100%

• 60%

• 40%

• 10%