Chapter 15 History

The admission of Missouri as a slave state was controversial in the Senate because

• the Senate was proslavery.

• it would create sectionalism.

• it would upset the balance.

Henry Clay's compromise became known as

• the Maine Compromise.

• the Missouri Compromise.

• Clay's Compromise.

Which party endorsed the Wilmot Proviso?

• Whig

• Free-Soil

• Democratic

Enforcement of the Fugitive Act led to

• compromise

• more anger in the North

• recognition of the Southerners' rights

What did Franklin Pierce become in 1852?

• Senator

• a fugitive

• President

Stephen A. Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through

• popular sovereignty

• states' choice

• free choice

In the congressional election of 1858, the Senate race in what state was the center of national attention?

• Illinois

• Michigan

• Indiana

The main topic of the Lincoln–Douglas debates was

• Western territories.

• war with Mexico.

• slavery.

Who was not a presidential candidate in 1860?

• John C Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Breckinridge

Southerners justified secession with the theory of

• constitutional rights

• federal rights

• states' rights