US History Ch. 7, Sect. 1 & 2

The violence in Kansas, which became known as “Bleeding Kansas,” demonstrated which of the following?  

• The policy of allowing popular sovereignty over slavery in the territory increased rather than decreased sectional tensions.

• Popular sovereignty was effective at preventing tensions over slavery.

• Northerners began to realize there was no way to prevent slavery from expanding into the western territories.

John Brown’s 1857 raid on Harpers Ferry made it clear that  

• the doctrine of popular sovereignty was effective in dealing with the slave issue.

• public opinion and America's political parties were sharply divided along sectional lines.

• slavery was not a primary issue that divided the North and South.

The Wilmot Proviso 

• wanted to expand the Missouri Compromise Line to the Pacific Ocean.

• proved successful in preventing slavery from expanding westward.

• was an attempt by Northerners to prevent slavery from expanding into newly acquired land from Mexico.

The primary goal of the _________________________ party was to prevent slavery from expanding.

• Democratic

• Whig

• Free Soil

• Know Nothing

Which of the following events was the primary reason over 80,000 people flooded into California after the Mexican-American War?

• Oregon was adopted as a free-state

• Texas was adopted as a slave-state

• Free land was promised to all new settlers

• Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill

Under the Compromise of 1850, what concession was granted to the South?

• California was adopted as a Free State

• Public sales of slaves in Washington D.C. was prohibited

• Northerners were required by law to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves

• South was promised two additional senators to maintain balance in the government

Where did most slaves want to escape to (knowing they could not be returned to their master)? 

• Maine

• Canada

• Massachussetts

• Michigan

What group of immigrants, following the California Gold Rush, faced the strongest discrimination? 

• Mexicans

• Irish

• Chinese

• Catholics

Following the Compromise of 1850, 

• the South lost control of the House of Representatives to the more populated North.

• Southerners immediately prepared for the Civil War.

• the North was able to control the House of Representatives, but not the Senate.

• the North was able to control the House of Representatives and the Senate.

What did the Compromise of 1850 say about the other territories acquired by the US from Mexico?

• The people would decide whether they wanted slavery

• They would automatically become slave states

• Slavery was banned

• All new states would have to enter as slave states until the numbers are balanced