Topic 9 Part 1 Review

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: As part of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Armed pro-slavery supporters who crossed the border from Missouri to vote were called Kansas Crusaders.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a slave was "property."

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: The Wilmot Proviso allowed California to enter the Union as a free state.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Lincoln believed slavery was moral and right.

• True

• False

Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?

• Robert E. Lee

• Francis Pickens

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

Which party did the Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, & Free-Soilers join together to form?

• Abolitionist Party

• Northern Party

• Antislavery Party

• Republican Party

Stephen A. Douglas's plan to let each territory vote on slavery was called ____.

• popular choice

• 1. territorial sovereignty

• 1. electoral choice

• 1. popular sovereignty

Who became popular around the nation during the Illinois Senate race of 1858?

• John Brown

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• Roger B. Taney

Southerners justified secession with the theory of ____.

• states' rights
• 1. civil rights

• 1. equality for all men

• 1. international law