Ch. 10: Union in Peril- 10th Grade

The Wilmot Proviso was favored by

• the North

• the South

• the North and South

• California alone

The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union is known as

• confederacy

• compromise

• secession

• popular sovereignty

One of the most active conductors on the Underground Railroad was

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• Horace Greeley

• Abraham Lincoln

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by

• Horace Greeley.

• John Brown.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Charlotte Forten.

Members of the Know-Nothing Party were known for all of the following except their

• use of passwords

• use of secret handshakes

• support of the rights of immigrants

• belief in nativism.

One of the founders of the Republican Party was

• Franklin Pierce

• Horace Greeley

• James Buchanan.

• Millard Fillmore.

The topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was

• the Missouri Compromise

• secession

• the Wilmot Proviso

• slavery in the territories

The Dred Scott decision did all of the following except

• please Southerners

• rule that slaves did not have rights.

• declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

• guarantee that slavery would not be allowed in future states.

9. The Confederacy included all of the following states except

• Maryland

• Texas

• Alabama

• South Carolina

Which of the following best explains the dependence of the Southern economy on slavery?

• Immigrants who opposed slavery did not settle in the South.

• The Southern economy was rural and consisted mostly of

  plantations.

• The South needed slave labor to support its manufacturing

  economy.

• Enslaved Africans were well suited to working in the hot

  Southern climate.