Unit 8 Chapter 16 Test

The Republican Party was formed by antislavery Whigs and Democrats.

• A.TRUE
• B.FALSE

When the United States added new territory in the 1840s, ____.

• A.the railroads were expanded
• B.the debate over slavery started again
• C.land was given to Native Americans
• D.it was immediately made a state in the Union

An issue in the election of 1844 was the annexation of ____.

• A.California
• B.Missouri
• C.Texas
• D.Kansas

Texas became a state following the Mexican War.

• True
• False

Southerners did not support the Wilmot Proviso because it ____.

• A.banned secession by any state
• B.banned slavery in northern states
• C.banned slavery in all the states
• D.banned slavery in lands acquired from Mexico

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

• A.popular choice
• B.territorial sovereignty
• C.electoral choice
• D.popular sovereignty

The Free-Soil Party was established in 1848 because ____.

• A.land prices were becoming too high
• B.Zachary Taylor won the election
• C.presidential candidates did not address slavery
• D.most people were farmers

As part of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.

• True
• False

According to which law could a person be fined or imprisoned for helping a runaway slave?

• A.Southern Slave Act
• B.Owners-Right Act
• C.Runaway Slave Act
• D.Fugitive Slave Act

In 1853, Franklin Pierce became ____.

• A.editor of The Liberator
• B.a U.S. senator
• C.U.S. secretary of state
• D.president of the United States