Sectionalism as a National Crisis Quiz

The Republican Party formed as a response to the expansion of __________.

• • industrialization

• slavery

• immigration

• the railroad system

Who was the Republican candidate in the 1856 election?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• John C. Frémont

• James Buchanan

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and how did it lead to violence in Kansas?

• It allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote on slavery, leading to conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers.

• It forced both states to adopt slavery, leading to resistance from abolitionists.

• It outlawed slavery in Kansas but allowed it in Nebraska, causing violence.

• It created new territories where slavery was automatically banned.

The Dred Scott Decision

• It declared Black Americans could be U.S. citizens.

• It ruled that black americans were not citizens and allowed slavery to expand

• It restricted slavery to southern states only.

• It abolished slavery in the western territories.

What was the central issue in the 1858 Senate race between Lincoln and Douglas?

• Economic reform

• States' rights

• Slavery and its expansion

• Territorial disputes

What was a key argument made by Abraham Lincoln during his debates with Stephen Douglas?

• Slavery should be expanded to the western territories.

• Slavery must be contained to prevent further national division

• Each state should decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.

• All slaves should be freed immediately.

What was Stephen Douglas’s stance on slavery during the 1858 Senate race?

• Slavery should be abolished nationwide.

• The federal government should ban slavery in all territories.

• Popular sovereignty should allow each territory to decide on slavery.

• Slavery should be allowed in all new states.

What was the outcome of the 1858 Senate race between Lincoln and Douglas?

• Douglas won the Senate seat, but Lincoln gained national prominence.

• Lincoln won the Senate seat and became a national figure.

• Both candidates lost due to a third-party challenger.

• Lincoln won the Senate seat and immediately ran for president.

How did southern states react to Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the 1860 presidential election?

• They supported Lincoln’s policies and remained in the Union.

• They began organizing secession conventions to leave the Union

• They sought a compromise with Lincoln on slavery.

• They accepted Lincoln’s presidency without protest.

What role did the Lincoln-Douglas debates play in shaping the national conversation about slavery?

• They resolved the sectional tensions between the North and South.

• They shifted the focus away from slavery and toward economic issues.

• They brought the issue of slavery’s expansion to the forefront of national debate.

• They led to an immediate compromise on the slavery question.