Westward Expansion to Start of Civil War Test

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Which part of the Compromise of 1850 shown in the diagram was most likely demanded by southern members of Congress?

• the admission of California
• a ban of the slave trade in the nation’s capital
• the settlement of a border dispute between Texas and New Mexico
• the Fugitive Slave Act

Who was Frederick Douglass?

• a former Republican presidential candidate
• a member of Congress who opposed the Compromise of 1850
• a former slave who escaped and became an abolitionist
• a member of John Brown’s band who was not sentenced to death

Why did Brown mount his raid on Harper’s Ferry?

• to free African Americans who had been captured by the U.S. Army
• to raise an army of African Americans and lead them in a revolt
• to protest the Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas
• to demonstrate that he sided with Northerners in the debate over slavery

“In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine is the momentous issue of . . . war. The government will not assail [attack] you. . . We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”—Abraham Lincoln, Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 Which “dissatisfied fellow countrymen” did Lincoln refer to?

• Democrats who had supported Stephen A. Douglas
• Whigs who had stayed 0ut of the Republican party
• southerners whose states had seceded
• northerners who urged Lincoln to attack the South

Southerners attacked Fort Sumter because they believed that

• Lincoln was arming the fort.
• war was inevitable so it was better to start it on their own terms.
• the British were preparing to seize the fort.
• the capture of the fort would force Lincoln to resign

California’s request to join the Union in 1850 would have

• given free states an advantage over slave states
• given slave states an advantage over free states.
• extended slavery into a territory acquired from Mexico.
• restored the balance between free and slave states.

How did the South react to Abraham Lincoln’s election as President in 1860?

• To save the Union, Southern leaders agreed to support the new President.
• North Carolina and Virginia seceded, followed by South Carolina.
• Seven Southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.
• Southern leaders called for a new presidential election to be held in the spring.

Which of the following was a result of the Wilmot Proviso?

• Some Democrats and Whigs formed the Free Soil Party.
• Southerners became increasingly concerned that the North was trying to end slavery in the United States.
• The issue of slavery in new territories gained from Mexico was left undecided.
• All of the above

Which of the following was a point made in the Dred Scott decision?

• Congress could prohibit slavery in any territory.
• Slaves were property, even if they lived in a free territory.
• Slaves were citizens.
• All of the above