US History: Ch. 15 Test Review

Who captured the arsenal at Harper's Ferry?

• John Brown

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Jefferson Davis

Who did the Northern Democrats nominate to be president in 1860?

• John Brown

• Stephen Douglas

• Jefferson Davis

This lawsuit denied freedom to a slave and went all the way to the Supreme Court.

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

This is the name taken by the states that suceded.

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Confederate States of America

• Jefferson Davis

Whom did the Confederacy select as their president?

• Jefferson Davis

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

Who created the compromises of 1820 and 1850?

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

• John Brown

This allowed voters to decide on important issues.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Popular Sovereignty

This law was disliked in the North and helped slaveholders recapture slaves.

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Confederate States of America

Who did not believe in allowing slavery to be expanding into new territories?

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

• Abraham Lincoln

Why did the Southern states decide to secede after the election of 1860?

• Southern leaders feared that Lincoln would force the South out of the Union

• Southerners feared the Republicans would abolish slavery.