Unit II Sectionalism and the Civil War Pretest

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 accomplish?

• It preserved the balance between slave and free states in the Senate

• It established the northern half of Missouri as free and allowed slavery in the southern half.

• It declared Missouri a free state but allowed slavery in newly annexed territories.

• It shifted the balance of power in the Senate to the free states.

Which issues did the Compromise of 1850 address? Select ALL that apply.

• laws discriminating against free African Americans

• slavery in Washington, D.C.

• California’s status as a free or slave state

• a national fugitive slave law

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• It allowed the voters in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether to allow slavery

• It admitted Kansas as a slave state and Nebraska as a free state.

• It prevented existing slaveholders from settling in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

• It preserved the balance between free and slave states in the Senate.

What was one outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Kansas became a free state, and the state government forced out slaveholders.

• Supporters of and opponents to slavery set up rival governments in Kansas.

• Free African Americans moved to Kansas to establish an antislavery government.

• Supporters of and opponents to slavery agreed to create no laws regulating slavery.

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• It is unconstitutional to allow slavery, because it would violate the federal government’s responsibility to citizens.

• It is unconstitutional to ban slavery, because it would violate the Fourth Amendment’s right to privacy.

• It is unconstitutional to ban slavery, because taking property would violate the Fifth Amendment

• It is unconstitutional to allow slavery, because it would violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

What was John Brown’s goal for his raid on the Harper’s Ferry arsenal?

• to occupy the arsenal until the federal government freed all enslaved people

• to arm enslaved African Americans to start a revolt against slaveholders

• to move the weapons to the North to prepare for a civil war

• to arm slaveholders to defend their property

What contributed to Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the 1860 presidential election?

• John Bell ran as a moderate

• Enslaved people were allowed to vote

• Southern states did not participate in the election.

• The Democratic Party split over the issue of slavery

What made Southern states worry about Lincoln’s victory?

• the belief that the South would be economically strong without the North

• the belief that Republicans would order a military invasion of the South

• the belief that Republicans would interfere with slavery and promote slave revolts

• the belief that the North would attempt to secede

Which reasons did Southern states use to justify secession? Select ALL that apply.

• The 1860 presidential election was corrupt.

• Every state has rights within the United States

• Individuals have natural rights to own property.

• Slavery is necessary for commerce.

What did Lincoln say in his first Inaugural Address? Select ALL that apply.

• He would not allow secession to continue.

• He would enforce the laws of the United States in the South

• The federal government would respect states’ rights.

• The South would be responsible if a civil war began.