USHC Unit 2 Section 5 #2 - Wilson HS

What precedent did the Supreme Court set in case Dred Scott v Sanford?

• Slaves were not free just because they resided in territory where slavery was not allowed

• It was illegal for slave owners to move into free territory with slaves

• Slaves were automatically freed if they entered territory where slavery was not allowed

• It was illegal for slave owners to travel through free territory with slaves

What led the Southern states to secede from the Union?

• Secessionists were upset with the balance of power in the legislative branch and taxation in the Union

• Secessionists were upset with the Dred Scott decision and the unbalance of power in Congress

• Secessionists were upset with the election of President Lincoln and the issue of limiting the expansion of slavery

• Secessionists were upset with the Dred Scott decision and the election of President Lincoln

What effect did John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin and the ruling in Scott v. Sanford have on the nation?

• They ended slavery in the western territories

• They encouraged a spirit of cooperation to solve sectional differences

• They caused a greater divide between the North and the South

• They weakened the influence of abolitionists over politicians

Which idea best describes the viewpoints of the Republican Party formed during the Antebellum Era?

• They were anti-business and opposed protective tariffs and government subsidies of railroads

• They were free soilists who did not oppose slavery but did not want it to expand into new territories

• They were progressive reformers who supported social programs to ease poverty in urban areas

• They were staunch abolitionists and wanted slavery abolished in every state

“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

• Sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union.

• Slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately.

• The Southern states should be allowed to secede.

• To save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery.

Before the start of the Civil War, many Southern political leaders supported what concept?

• High tariff rates

• Voting rights for women

• Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act

• States' rights

What is the most accurate title for this map?

• Closing the Frontier

• Results of Reconstruction

• A Nation Divided

• Compromise of 1850

In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between what groups?

• Proslavery and antislavery groups

• Spanish landowners and new American settlers

• Chinese and Irish railroad workers

• Native American Indians and white settlers

To what provision of the Compromise of 1850 were abolitionists most opposed?

• The admittance of California as a free state

• The continuation of slavery in Washington, D.C.

• The adoption of popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico

• The passage of a stricter fugitive slave law

What did the Missouri Compromise seek to accomplish?

• Preserving the Union from the threat of southern secession

• Admitting Missouri to the Union as a free state

• Allowing each new western state to decide the slavery question for itself

• Maintaining the balance between free and slave states