Unit 7 Assessment (TCI Ch 21-23)

How did Missouri’s application as a slave state in 1819 challenge U.S. law?

• It did not have a state constitution.
• States west of the Mississippi River were to be slave states.
• It did not have the population required for statehood.
• States north of the Ohio River were to be free states.

What was the significance of the 36 ̊30 ́ parallel?

• It indicated the northern border of Missouri.
• It showed the borders of the United States.
• It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.
• It separated the North from the South.

What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• It temporarily ended the slavery debate.
• It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.
• It led to the South seceding from the Union.
• It upset the balance of slave and free states in the Union.

Prior to the Civil War, which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?

• losing respect
• losing tax revenue
• losing voting power
• losing future elections

What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• It created a slave revolt in Kentucky.
• It turned many more people against slavery.
• Congress agreed that slavery should be abolished.
• The South became more resolved to secede from the Union.

What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860? (Abraham Lincoln)

• The nation was divided over slavery.
• Lincoln was popular throughout the nation.
• There was little support for abolitionists in the North
• Southern states were eager to abolish slavery.

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

• that slavery diminished the national character
• that African American rights were protected by the Constitution
• that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court
• that slavery should be abolished by executive order

All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except

• many slaves moved to Canada.
• Northerners refused to obey the law.
• hounded slave catchers returned to the South.
• plantation owners did not want returned slaves.

Which of these was a Northern advantage at the start of the Civil War?

• highly trained soldiers
• abundant natural resources
• fighting in familiar territory
• control of the Mississippi River

Which of these was a Southern advantage at the start of the Civil War?

• large population
• strong military leadership
• control of the railway system
• many factories and businesses