Chapter 14 Review

Who was the senator from South Carolina who opposed the Compromise of 1850?

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Stephen Douglas

Who was the senator from Massachusetts who supported Henry Clay's compromise proposals and felt sectionalism was dividing the nation?

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Stephen Douglas

Who was the senator from Illinois who believed in popular sovereignty, authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act and debated Abraham Lincoln in 1858

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Stephen Douglas

Who was from Kentucky, known as the Great Compromiser because he proposed the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Stephen Douglas

What is the process which allows people in a territory or state to vote directly on issues rather than have their elected representative decide?

• Sectionalism

• Democracy

• Popular Sovereignty

• Abolitionist

Which compromise had California enter the Union as a free state?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

This NEW political party was formed to be anti-slavery and was the first political party to be formed based on SECTIONALISM.

• The Whig Party

• The Democrat Party

• The Free-Soil Party

• The Republican Party

Who defended popular sovereignty

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• John Bell

• John C. Breckenridge

What bill in Congress made Southerners become increasingly concerned that the North was trying to end slavery in the United States?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Wilmot Proviso

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which Compromise banned slave trade in Washington D.C?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act