APUSH 5.6 and 5.7

Which of the following was a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• provided for a stricter Fugitive Slave law

• legalized slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico

• provided for cotton to be used as a medium of exchange

• ensured that there would be a perpetual balance between slave states and free states

Which of the following did the Kansas-Nebraska Act effectively repeal?

• Wilmot Proviso

• Compromise of 1850

• Northwest Ordinance

• Missouri Compromise

Which individual advocated for popular sovereignty and was a primary sponsor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

What did the idea of popular sovereignty seek to accomplish in the context of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• let the residents of those territories determine whether to allow slavery or not

• forbid the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Laws

• allow free blacks to vote on the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska

• force the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of slavery

The Free Soil platform included all of the following EXCEPT

• support of the Wilmot Proviso

• opposition to slavery in the territories

• opposition to internal improvements

• opposition to Conscience Whigs

Manifest Destiny led to all of the following EXCEPT

• increased sectional conflict over slaver

• the annexation of Texas

• the Gadsden Purchase

• the decline of the Democratic Party

Which political party was the most critical of the Mexican-American War?

• Democrats

• Whigs

• Republicans

• Federalist

The conflicts that broke out between pro- and anti-slavery groups caused Kansas to be labeled:

• "The House Divided"

• "Bleeding Kansas"
• "The Hornet's Nest"
• "The Jayhawk State"

Elected president in the 1852 election as the second Democratic "dark horse." He was a pro-southern northerner who supported the Fugitive Slave Law. He also supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• Franklin Pierce
• Henry Clay
• William H. Seward
• Lewis Cass

Massachusetts senator attacked with a cane after giving a speech attacking slavery. The attacker was seen as a criminal in the North and a hero in the South.

• Andre

• Charles Sumner

• Preston Brooks

• Zebulon Vance