Civil War Exam p1

Which problem did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act attempt to solve?

• extension of slavery into western territories
• equitable distribution of frontier lands to farmers
• placement of protective tariffs on foreign imports
• need for internal improvements in transportation

Before the Civil War, popular sovereignty was proposed as a way to

• allow northern states the power to ban slavery

• deny southern states the legal right to own slaves

• allow settlers in new territories to vote on the issue of slavery

• overturn Supreme Court decisions on slavery

The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

Sectional differences developed in the United States largely because

• the Federal Government adopted a policy of neutrality
• economic conditions and interests in each region varied
• only northerners were represented at the Constitutional Convention
• early Presidents favored urban areas over rural areas

What was the effect of territorial expansion during the first half of the 19th century?

• It helped balance the Federal budget.
• It escalated the debate over slavery.
• It weakened the traditional policy of isolationism.
• It improved the living conditions of Native American Indians.

The Compromise of 1850 increased sectional tensions because many Northerners objected to its provision for 

• new tariffs on foreign goods
• the Fugitive Slave Act
• a stronger national bank
• direct aid to the poor

Abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period were most likely to support the

• removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia 
• passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
• activities of the Underground Railroad
• use of popular sovereignty in the territories

In the 1850s, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?

• They feared being drafted into the Northern army.
• The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in the United States.
• More factory jobs were available in Canada.
• Northern abolitionists refused to help fugitive slaves.

The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by

• exposing the dangers of cotton manufacturing
• intensifying Northern dislike of slavery
• pressuring the president to support emancipation
• convincing Congress to ban the importation of slaves

The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford increased sectional conflict because the decision

• denied Congress the power to regulate slavery in the territories
• allowed for the importation of enslaved persons for ten years
• prohibited slavery in lands west of the Mississippi River
• gave full citizenship to all enslaved persons