CH 10 Review - The Union in Crisis

Which of the following statements characterizes Stephen Douglas’ position on slavery during the 1858 debates?

• He believed slavery violated African Americans’ natural rights.
• He believed slavery should exist in the North as well as the South.
• He believed each territory should decide on the issue for itself.
• None of the above.

Which sentence correctly describes the way of life in the South after the American Revolution?

• The South remained an agricultural society with cotton as its main crop.
• The South developed busy cities, and embraced technology and industry.
• The South had many immigrants and became very diverse.
• The South did not have need for slavery.

“Bleeding Kansas” began when Border Ruffians ...

• Massacred five pro-slavery settlers.
• Raided the anti-slavery town of Lawrence, Kansas.
• Attempted to seize the arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
• All of the above.

Under the new Fugitive Slave Act passed in 1850,

• Northerners could now buy and sell slaves in Washington, D.C.
• Congress officially declared slavery illegal.
• Citizens who helped a runaway slave could be fined or arrested.
• All of the above

Why did South Carolina secede from the Union?

• Lincoln freed the slaves.
• The North no longer wanted them in the Union.
• They believed that Lincoln was hostile to slavery.
• The Crittenden Compromise failed.

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin infuriated the South because it...

• was a work of fiction by a northern white woman.
• spread anti-slavery sentiment in the North.
• portrayed all slave owners as evil.
• advocated a violent rebellion of slaves.

Why was Abolitionist John Brown executed?

• for his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harpers Ferry
• for his midnight massacre
• for his part in “Bleeding Kansas”
• for beating Charles Sumner with a cane

Which of the following directly caused the outbreak of the Civil War?

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin
• The Dred Scott decision
• The attack at Fort Sumter
• The election of Lincoln

After South Carolina seceded...

• Ten states will soon join the CSA
• Fifteen states will soon join the CSA
• Twenty-one states will soon join the CSA
• Twenty-nine states will soon join the CSA

Abolitionists believed that slavery ...

• Worked better than a free labor system.
• Threatened unskilled workers in the North.
• Was morally wrong and wanted to end it.
• Belonged only in the southern states.