American History Ch 16 Study Guide

Which political party chose Millard Fillmore as a candidate in the 1856 Presidential Election?

• American

• Republican

• Whig

• Democratic

Who won the 1848 Presidential Election?

• Millard Fillmore

• Zachary Taylor

• Stephen A Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

How did Northerners react to the Fugitive Slave Act?

• With cheers of joy.

• They realized it was a part of a compromise.

• With anger.

• They did not care.

What did Henry David Thoreau tell people to do if they felt a law as unjust.

• They should follow it.

• The should write their local representatives.

• They should break it.

• He never talked of laws.

Which compromise preserved the balance of slavery between free and slave states in 1820?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The Missouri Compromise

What political thought came from the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• The Freeport Doctrine

• The Wilmot Proviso

• Popular sovereignty

• Abolition

Who became President of the United States in 1853?

• Millard Fillmore

• Franklin Pierce

• Zachary Taylor

• Abraham Lincoln

Who proposed that Washington DC stop the sale of slaves, but have stricter fugitive slave laws?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John C. Calhoun

• Henry Clay

• Stephen A Douglas

Which proposal called for all lands gained from the Mexican-American War to be permanently free?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Freemont Doctrine

• The Wilmot Proviso

Who wrote "Civil Disobedience"?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Henry Clay

• Abraham Lincoln