American Vision 8.1 Quiz

The Wilmot Proviso proposed that any territory the US gained from Mexico would

• allow slavery.

• prohibit slavery.

• limit the amount of enslaved people.

• be a hub for the slave trade.

The idea that citizens of new territories gained by the United States should be allowed to decide for themselves on the legality of slavery was called

• abolitionism.

• the Wilmot Proviso.

• the Freeport Doctrine.

• popular sovereignty.

Anti-slavery Democrats and members of the Liberty party joined to create a new political party called the

• Republican Party.

• Whig Party.

• Libertarian Party.

• Free-Soil Party.

The Gold Rush forced the United States to confront the issue of slavery by accelerating

• California's statehood.

• the growth of the millionaire class.

• production of cotton gins.

• the abolitionist cause.

Which of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

• Inclusion of California as a slave state.

• Outlaw of the slave trade in DC.

• A new, more strict Fugitive Slave Law.

• The inclusion of New Mexico as a slave state.

Which of the following was an outcome of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• An end to the Underground Railroad

• Weakening of the Abolitionist Movement.

• Immediate creation of the Confederate States of America.

• Active hostility toward slavery among Northerners who had previously been indifferent.

Northern perceptions of African Americans and slavery were changed by Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel by

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Sojourner Truth

• Angelina Grimke

The Gadsden Purchase was made in hopes of gaining for the South

• more land upon which to use slave labor.

• more access to northern industry.

• a buffer between slave states and free states.

• a transcontinental railroad.

Senator Stephen Douglas attempted to repeal (revoke) the Missouri Compromise because

• he wanted a transcontinental railroad with a terminus in Chicago.

• he wanted Nebraska Territory to be settled and organized.

• he wanted the legality of slavery in the Nebraska Territory to be determined by popular sovereignty.

• all of the above.

The first battleground between those favoring slavery and those opposing slavery was in

• South Carolina

• Kansas

• Missouri

• Nebraska