USHC 3 Quiz A

What was the basis of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• That slavery was taking away from American pride.

• That African Americans' rights were protected by the Constitution.

• That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.

• That slavery should be abolished immediately.

How did the Dred Scott decision affect the election in 1860?

• it gave rise to the Know-Nothing Party, which won the election

• it gave rise to the Free Soil Party, which won the election

• it strengthened the Democratic Party, which won the election

• it strengthened the Republican Party, which won the election

Match the following

• opposed to slavery

• Free Soil Party

• People's right to choose on whether their state would have slavery or not

• Erie Canal

• connected the Northeast and Northwest. Helped improve trade and create a national market

• Popular Sovereignty

• South Carolina refusal to support Tariff of 1828. Claimed it to be their right as a state

• Abolitionism

• against the spread of slavery to new territories

• Nullification Crisis

The Missouri Compromise accomplished what goal?

• Adopting laws to promote better treatment of slaves

• Maintaining equal numbers of slave and free states

• Establishing a way to address the issue of slavery in future states

• Ending sectional differences in the nation

Why was free soil important during this era?

• It offered a method to end slavery.

• It offered free land to ex-slaves.

• It offered an easy way to expand west.

• It offered a method to balance Congress.

Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act repeal the 36 30N line that prohibited slavery?

• to get southern support for a transcontinental railroad

• to get northern support for a transcontinental railroad

The principle of popular sovereignty was put into effect with what event?

• introduction of the Wilmot Proviso

• election of Abraham Lincoln

• adoption of the Missouri Compromise

• passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act

What political party emerged over the free soil issue?

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Progressives

• Populists

Proposed legislation that outlawed slavery in lands won from Mexico.

• Gadsden Purchase

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Secede

• Wilmot Proviso

John C. Calhoun stated that the southern states would ____, or break away from the union if Congress did not agree with southern demands.

• ratify

• veto

• secede

• federalism