Unit 5 No Notes Quiz Review

What is the Wilmot Proviso?

• A proposed amendment to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico
• A Supreme Court decision that upheld the Fugitive Slave Act
• A treaty that ended the Mexican-American War
• A law that allowed slavery in territories acquired from Mexico

What is the Compromise of 1850?

• A political party formed in 1850 to advocate for the abolition of slavery.
• A law passed by the United States Congress in 1850 to ban slavery in all states.
• A treaty signed between the United States and Mexico in 1850 to resolve border disputes.
• A package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in 1850 to defuse tensions between the North and South regarding the issue of slavery.

What is popular sovereignty?

• Popular sovereignty refers to the power of the government to control its citizens
• Popular sovereignty is the belief that a government should be ruled by a single individual
• The authority of a government is determined by its military power
• The authority of a government is created and sustained by the consent of its people

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

• A treaty signed by the Union and Confederate states to end the Civil War
• A law passed by Congress to abolish slavery in the United States
• A speech given by President Abraham Lincoln to rally support for the Union army
• An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War that declared all slaves in the Confederate states were to be set free.

What is Manifest Destiny?

• A military strategy in the 19th-century United States
• A belief in the 19th-century United States that it was the destiny of the country to expand its territory across the North American continent.
• A political ideology in the 19th-century United States
• A religious movement in the 19th-century United States

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

• Ft. Sumter

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

What is the Fugitive Slave Law?

• A law that required escaped slaves to be returned to their owners
• A law that allowed escaped slaves to become citizens
• A law that prohibited the capture of escaped slaves
• A law that granted freedom to escaped slaves

What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?

• A law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1854 that allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
• A law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1850 that banned slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
• A treaty signed between the U.S. and Native American tribes in Kansas and Nebraska
• A failed attempt by the U.S. government to annex Kansas and Nebraska as slave states

What is the Free Soil Party?

• A political party that supported the expansion of slavery
• A political party that advocated for the rights of slave owners
• A political party that believed in the complete abolition of slavery
• A political party that opposed the expansion of slavery

What were the dates of the Civil War?

• 1846-1848

• 1861-1865
• 1812-1815
• 1776-1783