USH Ch 16 Lesson 2: Challenges to Slavery Quick Check Quiz

The Republican Party was formed by antislavery Whigs and Democrats.

 A.TRUE

 B.FALSE

• A

• B

Who won the presidential election of 1856?

 A. John C. Calhoun

 B. Millard Fillmore

 C. James Buchanan

 D. Abraham Lincoln

• A

• B

• C

• D

Who was the enslaved African American whose suit for freedom reached the U.S. Supreme Court?

 A. Roger Taney

 B. Millard Fillmore

 C. John Fremont

 D. Dred Scott

• A

• B

• C

• D

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a slave was "property."

 A.TRUE

 B.FALSE

• A

• B

Which Supreme Court decision divided the nation over the issue of slavery?

 A. Fugitive Slave case

 B. Clay's ruling

 C. Dred Scott

 D. John Brown v. Ohio

• A

• B

• C

• D

Roger B. Taney was a senator from the state of California.

 A.TRUE

 B.FALSE

• A

• B

Which Senate race was the center of national attention in1858?

 A.Kentucky

 B.Indiana

 C.Ohio

 D.Illinois

• A

• B

• C

• D

What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

 A. the presidential campaign

 B. war with Mexico

 C. the economy

 D. slavery

• A

• B

• C

• D

John Brown believed that slavery should be illegal in all states.

 A.TRUE

 B.FALSE

• A

• B

John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal at ____.

 A. Washington, D.C.

 B. Lawrence, Kansas

 C. Fort Sumter, South Carolina

 D. Harpers Ferry, Virginia

• A

• B

• C

• D