APUSH Period 5 Quiz

Which of the following was a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• provided for a stricter Fugitive Slave law

• legalized slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico

• provided for cotton to be used as a medium of exchange

• ensured that there would be a perpetual balance between slave states and free states

Which of the following brought the issue of slavery back to the forefront in the 1840s and 1850s?

• US Supreme Court justices tended to rule in favor of the Nort

• the United States was expanding to the West

• preachers made famous in the Second Great Awakening raised the issue in most sermons

• political parties felt that slavery was an issue that would unite their members

Which of the following did the Kansas-Nebraska Act effectively repeal?

• Wilmot Proviso

• Compromise of 1850

• Northwest Ordinance

• Missouri Compromise

Which individual advocated for popular sovereignty and was a primary sponsor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

What did the idea of popular sovereignty seek to accomplish in the context of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• let the residents of those territories determine whether to allow slavery or not

• forbid the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Laws

• allow free blacks to vote on the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska

• force the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of slavery

"Bleeding Kansas" gained its reputation for violence because of the

• actions of various gangs that roamed the area before the arrival of the US military

• sporadic warfare between settlers on opposing sides of the slavery issue

• general lawlessness of towns like Dodge City and Abilene

• US Army's tactics while enforcing the Fugitive Slave Laws

The Republican Party, formed in 1854,

• won tremendous support in southern states

• won the presidency in 1854

• prospered because of Northern outrage over the caning of Sumner and "Bleeding Kansas"

• advocated for popular sovereignty in the territories

The Free Soil platform included all of the following EXCEPT

• support of the Wilmot Proviso

• opposition to slavery in the territories

• opposition to internal improvements

• opposition to Conscience Whigs

Manifest Destiny led to all of the following EXCEPT

• increased sectional conflict over slaver

• the annexation of Texas

• the Gadsden Purchase

• the decline of the Democratic Party

Which political party was the most critical of the Mexican-American War?

• Democrats

• Whigs

• Republicans

• Federalist