Pre Civil War Test

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would decide whether the territories became free or slave?

• One would be a slave state and one would be a free state

• Popular Sovereignty

• The 36'30" parallel

Dred Scott is famous for

• being sued for helping slaves escape

• becoming the first slave to win freedom through the justice system

• suing for his freedom

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

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

• That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.

• That slavery should be abolished by executive order

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

• That the Missouri Compromise 36'30" line technically freed Dred Scott.

• That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.

• That Congress did not have the right to ban slavery.

Which of these people ran for the Republican Party?

• John Breckinridge

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

Which of these people ran for the Northern Democratic Party?

• John Beckinridge

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

Who ran for the Southern Democratic Party?

• Jefferson Davis

• John Breckinridge

• Stephen Douglas

The Election of 1860 was won by the...

• The Constitution Union Party

• The Northern Democrat Party

• The Republican Party

The first state to leave the Union after the Election of 1860 was...

• Mississippi

• Georgia

• South Carolina

How many Southern States seceded from the Union?

• 11

• 9

• 13