Chapter 16 Review

The Wilmot Proviso called for what? (Select 2)

• California would be admitted as a free state

• Slavery would be banned in lands acquired from Mexico

• California would be admitted as a slave state

• Slavery would be permitted in lands acquired from Mexico

Which former slave was involved in a Supreme Court decision that ruled that the Constitution protected slavery?

• Dred Scott

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Phyllis Wheatly

Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia and died a martyr?

• Preston Brooks

• John Brown

• Andrew Butler

• Charles Summer

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• the attack on Fort Sumter

• Abraham Lincoln's presidency

• Florida becoming a state

• the attack from Canada

Which state was the third to secede from the Union?

• South Carolina

• Mississippi

• Florida

• Alabama

Which concept did secessionists use to support their views?

• Compromise of 1850

• States' Rights

• Texas

• Secession

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

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• Jefferson Davis

Which was the first state to vote to secede from the Union?

• Florida

• North Carolina

• Mississippi

• South Carolina

Rival pro-slavery and antislavery governments existed at the same time in Kansas and lead to what event?

• "Bleeding Kansas"

• The Arkansas Civil War

• World Peace

• The US Civil War

What is the name for a war between citizens of the same country?

• States' Rights

• Civil War

• Sibling Rivalry

• Secede