8th S.S. Chp 16

The Wilmot Proviso called for

• the election of Martin Van Buren.

• banning slavery in any lands the U.S. acquired from Mexico.

• California entering the Union as a slave state.

• a pro-slavery government in Kansas.

What approach did Senator Stephen A. Douglas propose as an alternative to the Missouri Compromise?

• Gadsden Purchase

• Texas-Maine Act

• popular sovereignty

• free soil

Which term refers to pro-slavery activists who crossed the Kansas border to vote?

• border patrollers

• border ruffians

• Iowans

• Missourians

In which state did rival pro-slavery and antislavery governments exist at the same time?

• California

• Kansas

• Missouri

• Texas

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

• civil war

• cold war

• inter-country war

• undeclared war

The Know-Nothings chose Millard Fillmore as their candidate in the 1856 presidential election.

• True

• False

The American Party grew quickly due to its anti-immigrant views.

• True

• False

Lincoln believed slavery was moral.

• True

• False

An arsenal is a storage site for weapons.

• True

• False

Pro-slavery groups considered John Brown a martyr.

• True

• False