Chapter 8 Test

In the 1850s, most people in the southern states

• lived on small farms and owned no slaves
• were powerful, wealthy southern plantation owners who owned slaves
• were yeomen farmers who had indentured servants
• were merchants and shipbuilders

In the Missouri Compromise, the line dividing slave and free states was

• the 37° parallel
• the 50° parallel
• the 36° 30’ parallel
• the 54° 40’ parallel

Which of the following actions was NOT included in the Compromise of 1850?

• Texas-New Mexico boundary was established
• New Mexico and Utah Territories were organized
• A Fugitive Slave Act was passed
• California was to be admitted as a slave state

The abolitionists were

• against slavery
• for slavery
• for letting the voters decide the issue
• not concerned about the slavery issue

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, which dramatized the harsh reality of slavery, was

• The Life of Harriet Tubman
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin
• The Shame of Jim Crow Laws
• The Evils of Black Codes

No Man’s Land was located

• in the Oklahoma Panhandle
• in the Cherokee Outlet
• in the southwest corner of the state
• in the Beaver’s Bend area of Oklahoma

In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln won

• all the electoral votes and a majority of the popular vote
• a majority of the popular vote but not the electoral vote
• a minority of the popular vote and the electoral vote
• a minority of the popular vote but a majority of the electoral vote

South Carolina seceded from the Union after the presidential election was won by

• Jefferson Davis
• Stephen A. Douglas
• Abraham Lincoln
• Andrew Johnson

Which statement is NOT a reason for Native Americans to join the Confederacy?

• They felt abandoned by the U.S. Military
• They hoped that if the South won the war they would be able to return home
• They felt it was a fight for survival
• They would get more money from the Confederate government than the Union government

At the beginning of the Civil War, John Ross hoped the Cherokee would remain

• Confederate
• Union
• Neutral
• none of the above