Module 15 Lesson 4 Quiz

1. Which of the following became the key question when the United States gained new territory after winning the Mexican-American War?

• Who would lead the new states?
• Would the new states ban or allow slavery?
• What would be the names of the new states?
• How many senators would represent each new state?

2. During the Mexican-American War, Representative David Wilmot offered the _________________, a document stating that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of (the) territory."

• Wilmot Decleration
• Wilmot Proviso
• Free-Soil Party Manifesto
• Statement of Declaration

3. Think back to previous lessons. The _________________ banned slavery in most of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase.

• Missouri Compromise
• Missouri Decleration
• Supreme Court
• northern people

4. True or False. Considering the state of the United States of America, before the civil war. Sectionalism could be described as favoring the interest of one section or region over the interests of the entire country?

• True
• False

5. In response to the unwillingness of the Democrats or Whigs to take a clear position on slavery, a new political party developed during the presidential campaign of 1848. What was the name of the party?

• Democratic-Republican party
• GOP
• Libertarian
• Free-Soil Party

6. The Free-Soil party picked former President 6. Martin Van Buren as their candidate. What was the result of the Presidential election that year?

• Their candidate didn't win, but the votes he received helped Democrat Lewis Cass to loose to Whig candidate Zachary Taylor
• The Republicans won the election in a "land-slide"
• The Democrats won the election.

7. True or False: If I were a governor of a state that wanted to secede from the union, that would mean that my state wanted to break away from the United State and form its own nation/government.

• True
• False

8. Which part of the Compromise of 1850 benefited states in the South?

• a new fugitive slave law was passed.
• Texas gave up its land claims in New Mexico
• California was able to enter the Union as a free state.
• The slave trade was outlawed in the District of Columbia

9. Many southerners, including Senator John C. Calhoun, were opposed to ________________ entering the Union as a free state and wanted slave states to be allowed to secede.

• Arizona
• California
• Texas
• Utah

10. Which of the following correctly describes the effect that slave narratives and antislavery novels, such as Uncle Tom's Cabin, had on the abolitionist movement?

• they didn't benefit the abolitionist movement because the authors had little firsthand knowledge of slavery.
• They did not benefit the abolitionist movement because most people saw them as tales rather than true stories.
• They did benefit the abolitionist movement because they lowered tensions over slavery, especially in the South.
• They did benefit the abolitionist movement because they informed and educated people on the hardships of slavery.