Unit 5 Test

Which of the following accurately describes the relationship between slavery and cotton production?

• As cotton production increased, slavery increased.

• As slavery increased, cotton production decreased.

• As cotton production increased, slavery decreased.

• As slavery decreased, cotton production decreased.

Which of the following factors contributed most to the tension that eventually led to the Civil War?

• Differences between the Democratic Party and the Whig Party.

• Differences between native-born Americans and European immigrants.

• Differences between labor systems in the North and South.

• Differences between the mostly Protestant North and a mostly Catholic South.

Which effect did the Southampton (Nat Turner) slave insurrection most likely have?

• It increased the sympathy white Southerners had for enslaved people.

• It increased fears of uprisings and led to harsher restrictions on enslaved people.

• It decreased concerns about white Southerners’ ability to put down revolts.

• It decreased violence against enslaved people in an effort to prevent future revolts.

Which statement best explains how the Wilmot Proviso most likely affected relations in the United States?

• It reduced tension because the proposal addressed concerns about slavery left unsettled by the Missouri Compromise.

• It increased tension because Southerners thought the proposal confirmed the federal government opposed slavery.

• It caused a rise in tension because the Supreme Court ruled that the proposal violated interstate commerce laws.

• It ended tension because the proposal gained overwhelming support from state and local governments.

Which of the following accurately describes the political issue facing the United States from 1820-1850?

• The United States compromised over how large new states should be.

• The United States compromised over whether or not to fight wars to gain Western Territory.

• The United States compromised over the expansion of slavery into new Western territory.

• The United States compromised over the spread of cotton farming.

What was the political effect of the Missouri Compromise that was not present in the Compromise of 1850 or the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• The Missouri Compromise maintained the balance of slave and free states in the Senate.

• The Missouri Compromise let each state decide their own free or slave state status.

• The Missouri Compromise unbalanced the Senate.

• The Missouri Compromise resulted in the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

Which statements best describe the importance of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision? Select the TWO correct answers.

• Enslaved people gained the right to sue for their freedom.

• The court declared that enslaved people could never become U.S. citizens.

• Abolitionists secured support from a majority of the Supreme Court justices.

• The territories could not vote to ban slavery because it would deprive slave owners of their property

• The decision confirmed the power of Congress to set limits on slavery in the territories.

Why did many southerners oppose the election of Abraham Lincoln?

• They thought he was an abolitionist who would end slavery in the South.

• They thought he was too expansionist and would start a war with Europe.

• They thought he would spread slavery to the new Western territories.

• They thought he was too inexperienced to be president.

Which statement describes the MOST SIGNIFICANT effect of the election of 1860?

• It revealed the divisions that existed in the United States over slavery.

• It exposed the corruption of the Electoral College in the election process.

• It showed that the North was losing its political power in the nation.

• It prompted Southern states to begin withdrawing from the Union.

Which statement best expresses the reason Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860?

• Many members of the Democratic Party decided to vote for a candidate that was not in their party.

• The Democrats were a relatively new political party and hadn’t gained enough support from Americans.

• Many Southerners in the Democratic Party became abolitionists and supported other parties.

• The Democrats ran two candidates, dividing their party's votes.