Unit 6 Quiz 1

Why were the southern states opposed to outlawing slavery?

• They had an industrialized economy, and they had the slaves work in the factories.
• Most people in the South were Republicans.
• They had an economy based on agriculture, which they forced upon the enslaved.
• Enslaved people worked only where there was access to railroads.

Before the Civil War, most leaders in the South supported ____________.

• Slaves Rights
• States Rights
• Civil Rights
• Strong central government

_______________ allowed California to join as a free state.

• The Missouri Compromise
• The Great Compromise
• The Three-Fifths Compromise
• The Compromise of 1850

______________ stated that the Compromise of 1850 was acceptable as long as the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Act.

• The Georgia Platform
• The Missouri Compromise
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was the name of the man who became famous for suing for his own freedom after living in free territory for an extended period of time?

• Frederick Douglass
• Michael Scott
• Alexander Stephens
• Dred Scott

What was one of the outcomes of the Supreme Court case involving Dred Scott?

• The Supreme Court decided that White Americans were not citizens of the United States and not entitled to the same rights as Black Americans.
• The Supreme Court decided that they have no right to stop the expansion of slavery in any state.
• The Supreme Court declared that he was a free man, but all other African Americans should still be enslaved.
• The Supreme Court issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves.

Which political party supported stopping the expansion of slavery at the time of the election of 1860?

• Southern Democratic Party
• Birthday Party
• Constitutional Union Party
• Republican Party

Who won the US Presidential election of 1860?

• Jefferson Davis
• John Breckenridge
• Abraham Lincoln
• Alexander Stephens

After the results of the election of 1860, which state was the first to secede from the Union?

• Georgia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Alabama

This Georgia politician spoke out strongly against his state’s secession, but he later signed the secession statement anyway on January 19, 1861.

• Alexander Stephens
• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• James Oglethorpe