NeSCCHIST20105.1

Which of the following was on the platform of the Free Soil Party?

• The Abolition of slavery

• The entry of California into the Union as a slave state

• A halt to the expansion of slavery into the western territories

• The entry of Maine into the Union as a free state

Which of the aspects of the 1850 Compromise was the most troubling to those opposed to slavery?

• The entry of California as a free state

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The possibility of new states in the New Mexico and Utah Territories entering the Union as slave states.

• The ban on the slave trade in Washington DC

Which of these events did not result from the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854?

• The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The formation of the Republican Party

• The formation of the New Eng;and Emigrant Aid Company

• The beating of Senator Charles Sumner

The Dred Scott Decision determined which of the following:

• Popular sovereignty was constitutional.

• The Missouri Compromise was constitutional.

• The Kansas -Nebraska Act was constitutional.

• Black Americans could not become American citizens.

Which of the following is true about John Brown's raid is false?

• Brown hoped to inspire a slave rebellion.

• Northerners and Southerners in equal numbers condemned this raid.

• Forces under the command of Robert E. Lee captured Brown.

• Brown was tried and executed for leading this raid.