A Divided Nation

How was admitting Maine into the Union at the same time as Missouri a form of compromise?

• Doing so maintained the balance between free and slaves states in the Senate

• Doing so maintained the balance between free and slave state in the House

• Doing so assured that the north would not gain an advantage in Congress

• Doing so assured southerners that their right to keep slaves would be left untouched

Which of the following was included as a provision of the Missouri Compromise

• Slavery was permitted in states and territories south of Missouri's southern border

• Slavery was prohibited in any new territories or states formed within the Louisiana Purchase

• Slavery would always be allowed to exist in any territories or states located south of Missouri's southern border

• The legality of slavery in any new territory or states formed in the Louisiana Territory was determined by the voters in those areas

Identify the compromises created by Henry Clay designed to prevent the Civil War

• The Great Compromise

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Crittenden Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

How did the people of Kansas react to the implementation of popular sovereignty to determine the slave status of Kansas?

• Slavery was chosen by the majority of Kansas's citizens

• Free territory was chosen by the majority of Kansas's citizens

• More ballots were cast in the election than registered voters in Kansas

• The polling place in Lawrence, Kansas was burned to the ground by a pro-slavery mob

How did Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and actions of abolitionists encourage the north's unwillingness to compromise with the south in the 1850s?

• It brought the horrors of slavery to the homes of most northerners

• It introduced the nation to Uncle Tom, a scary slave from South Carolina

• It was written and published by John C. Calhoun, a strong sectionalist

• It brought the horrors of factory life to the homes of most southerners

Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?

• The election of Lincoln as president

• John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

• South Carolina's attack on Fort Sumter

• The beating of Senator Sumner by Preston Brooks

Why was Washington D.C.'s position during the war considered "precarious"?

• It was surrounded by a slave-holding state. which could have joined the Confederacy

• It was physically close to the Confederate capital city

• There were no Union troops in the city to protect the President

• The U.S. Congress was full of Copperheads

How did Lincoln's policy on slavery change over time as demonstrated in his important writings?

• It changed from being a source of division to the end of slavery being an outcome of the Civil War

• He did not change his opinion that it was necessary to support the economy of the United State

• It changed from being part of our national character to the end of slavery in the rebelling states only

• It changed from being something he completely supported to something he wanted to limit the spread of into the western territories

Why did Robert E. Lee need a victory at Antietam?

• It would allow the Army of Northern Virginia to live off of the crops of the North

• It would convince the British and French to come into the war on the side of the Union

• A Confederate victory on Northern soil would force the Union to surrender

• It would convince the soldiers in Maryland to join the Confederate army

• It would allow the Confederacy to attack Washington D.C. from all sides

Why did President Lincoln need a victory at Antietam in order to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• He needed the U.S. to support the idea that the war was to end slavery; therefore, they needed to be winning

• He needed the Confederacy to lose the support of Britain and France before taking the slaves from the southerners

• He needed Lee to decide the high losses of men he experienced at Antietam weren't worth the effort

• He needed Congress to support his decision to sign the 13th Amendment