GMAS H5 Civil War

According to this map, which candidate for President received the most support in Southern states?

• Bell

• Breckinridge

• Douglas

• Lincoln

Which statement about U.S. History is proven from studying this map?

• Slavery was not yet abolished.

• There were deep political divisions in 1860.

• The U.S. had not yet expanded to the west coast.

• Electoral votes are not as important as the popular vote.

The Compromise of 1850 was primarily aimed at resolving disputes over what issue?

• States' Rights

• Election of 1860

• Slavery

• Presidential Race

Which state's admission to the Union as a free state was a part of the Compromise of 1850?

• Texas

• Oregon

• California

• Kansas

How did the reliance on slave labor impact the economy of Southern states during the 1800s?

• It diversified their economic activities.

• It made Southern states the leading industrial regions.

• It heavily tied their economy to agriculture, especially cotton production.

• It encouraged technological innovation in farming.

Tariffs levied by this US President led South Carolina to threaten secession over being forced to pay high protective tariffs. The President's response to South Carolina was "disunion by armed forces is treason".

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• James Buchanan

Which would have been the MOST expected result of Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican Party, winning the Election of 1860?

• California joining the United States

• the South seceding from the Union

• America creating a new Constitution

• lower taxes and an increase in military spending

The list above contains the provisions of which political agreement?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Northwest Ordinance

The Georgia Platform served to temporarily prevent the state's secession from the U.S. What did the delegates agree to accept at the convention in Milledgeville?

• Immediate secession from the Union

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Adams-Onis Treaty

Which event led to the legal arrest of Thomas Sims in Boston, a free state, and his return to slavery in Georgia?

• The slave catchers illegally kidnapped Sims as he became legally free upon entering a free state

• Massachusetts became a slave state with the passing of the Compromise of 1850

• Massachusetts and Georgia were political allies in the 1850s

• Because of the Fugitive Slave Act, slave catchers could enter free territories to capture runaway slaves