Topic 6.1 and 6.2 Quiz Review

Which of the following were provisions of the Compromise of 1850?

• Prohibit slavery in the New Mexico territory

• Abolished the slave trade in the Washington, D.C.

• Double the fines against those who rescued slaves

• Admit California as a free state

Part of the Dred Scott decision included the idea that

• The Fifth Amendment did not apply to slaves

• Enslaved people were like any other form of property

• People in a territory could prohibit slavery before statehood had been reached

• Congress had the power to prohibit slavery in any territory

Which of following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Relieved political tension between northern and southern Congressman

• Proslavery and antislavery supporters were able to coexist together

• The use of popular sovereignty led to violence between abolitionists and slavery activist

• The addition of Kansas as a slave state and Nebraska as a free state

Which of the following were goals of the Missouri Compromise? Make all that apply.

• Preserve the balance between slave and free states

• Upset the balance between the slave and free states

• Led to the freedom of all enslaved people

• Prohibited slavery in territory north of the 36° parallel

• Prohibited slavery in all new states

Which of the following best describes why many Northern members of Congress oppose the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• It prohibited slavery in any land acquired from Mexico.

• It canceled the Northwest Ordinance.

• It overturned the Missouri Compromise and opened up a great deal of land to slavery.

• It used popular sovereignty to determine if a territory would permit or prohibit slavery as a state.

In 1850, which senator proposed a series of smaller measures in an attempt to compromise and ease tension between the North and the South?

• Henry Clay

• Daniel Webster

• Stephen A. Douglas

• John C. Calhoun

What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• A law aimed at weaken the effects of the Underground Railroad.

• A Federal tax escaped slaves paid once they reached freedom in the North.

• It encouraged slave owners to free their slaves by providing tax breaks.

• It was a government policy that encouraged Northerners to return escaped slaves by paying rewards.

Why was Stephen Douglas willing to abandon the Missouri Compromise? Mark all that apply.

• He was a strong supporter of slavery.

• He wanted to encourage westward expansion and railroad development.

• His senatorial re-election depended on it.

• He needed Southern support in Congress to get the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed.

Where did John Brown attempt to start a slave rebellion?

• Lawrence, Kansas

• Washington D.C.

• Missouri

• Harper's Ferry, Virginia

What was meant by the headline, "Bleeding Kansas," in 1856?

• It describe the violent clash between abolitionists and "border ruffians" from Missouri.

• Attacks on Irish immigrants by nativists in the Northeast.

• It describe the violence between the ranchers and farmers in Kansas.

• It describes the violent behavior by abolitionists after the Dred Scott Decision.