Divided Nation/Civil War Final Exam Review

__________________________ prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30’.

• Missouri Compromise of 1820
• Missouri Compromise of 1830
• Missouri Compromise of 1840
• Missouri Compromise of 1850

Who was the fugitive that returned to slavery with federal help in 1854?

• James Corden
• John Burns
• Anthony Burns
• Kasen Wallace

What was the outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Slavery would be allowed south of the territories.
• The people living in the territories would decide whether to allow slavery
• Statehood would be granted once enough residents moved into the territories.
• The people living in the territories would petition Congress for statehood.

What group of people did not want California to be a free state because it would upset the balance of slave and free states?

• Northerners
• Southerners
• Democrats
• Republicans

What is favoring the interests of one section or region over the interests of the entire country called?

• Regionism
• Sectionalism
• Borderism
• Judaism

Who wrote the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Ryan Stowe
• Clay Williams
• Gerald Robinson
• Harriet Beecher Stowe

Northern Democrats nominated __________________ for the U.S. President in 1860.

• Stephen Douglas
• Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Williams

How was Franklin Pierce able to defeat Winfield Scott in the 1852 Presidential election?

• Pierce was a popular governor in the most populous state
• Pierce was a war hero and longtime member of the Senate
• Pierce favored restricting slavery to where it already existed.
• Pierce supported the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act

Which political party formed in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• American Party
• Democratic Party
• Republican Party
• Whig Party

The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act outlawed helping _________________ and allowed government officials to make arrests in free states or territories.

• Abolitionists
• Immigrants
• Plantation Owners
• Runaway Slaves