8th Grade Social Studies Quiz 17-3

In the Election of 1856, the American Party was also known as the

• Republican Party

• Whig Party

• Know-Nothing Party

• Constitutional Party

In the 1856 election, Democrats nominated _________________________ as their candidate for president.

• James Buchanan

• Millard Fillmore

• Stephen Douglas

• John C. Calhoun

The Chief Justice in the Dred Scott Supreme Court Ruling was _____________________________

• William Rehnquest

• John Jay

• Roger B. Taney

• John Roberts

In the 1856 election, the Republicans nominated _______________________________ for president.

• Abraham Lincoln

• John C. Fremont

• James Buchanan

• Millard Fillmore

On what issue did the Republican Party form in 1854?

• Favoring the spread of slavery west

• Opposing the spread of slavery west

• Keeping immigrants out of public office

• Preventing the admission of new states

Why did Dred Scott believe he should no longer be a slave?

• His previous owner was a citizen of a free-state

• He lived in free territories for many years

• His owner’s widow was to have freed him

• He lived in a free state

Which of the following was an effect of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• Abraham Lincoln won the Senate seat from Illinois

• Abraham Lincoln became a national figure in the Republican Party

• Stephen Douglas won the governorship of Illinois

• Stephen Douglas gained the support of southern Democrats

During the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858, Abraham Lincoln restated the Republican position against slavery, while Stephen DOuglas put forth ______

• Compromise of 1858

• Freeport Doctrine

• Dred Scott Doctrine

• Douglas Doctrine

How did the Dred Scott decision impact the expansion of slavery?

• The Supreme Court ruled that only the people living in the territory could forbid slavery

• The Supreme Court ruled that slavery could only exist where it did already

• The Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not forbid slavery from federal territories

• The Supreme Court ruled that the president could not allow slavery into newly acquired lands

In 1858, Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln were both running as candidates for ________________________

• Illinois Governor

• Illinois Senator

• Illinois Congressman

• Illinois Attorney General