USHC Standard 3 Review

Which of the following temporarily relieved some sectional tensions for the time being in the 19th century?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The Missouri Compromise

Which state entered the union as a free state and which entered as a slave state as a result of the Missouri Compromise

• Texas entered as a slave state, California entered as a free state

• Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state

• Maine entered as a slave state, Missouri entered as a free state

• California entered as a slave state, Texas entered as a free state

What was the basis of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• That slavery was taking away from American pride.

• That African Americans' rights were protected by the Constitution.

• That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.

• That slavery should be abolished immediately.

The Missouri Compromise created what line of latitude that stated slavery would be permitted below the line, but not above it?

• 54'40

• 36'30

• 12'76

• 18'50

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?

• A stricter fugitive slave act was enacted

• California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state

• Slavery was prohibited in all territories gained by the Mexican Cession

• The southwest territories would determine their free vs slave status via popular sovereignty

The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it --

• allowed the Confederate army to seize Washington D.C.
• broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
• enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
• gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to 

• uphold national honor
• prevent foreign involvement
• free all slave 
• preserve the Union

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." -- Abraham Lincoln 1858
According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that

• slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately
• sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union
• the Souther states should be allowed to secede
• to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery

Which amendment abolished slavery?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 19th

The 15th amendment gave the right to vote to

• All African Americans
• African American men
• Native Americans
• White Women