Chapter 15

Select the location on the map that was annexed in 1845 which started a major war between the United States and Mexico over disputed territory.

What event led DIRECTLY to the secession of the Southern states?

• Election of Abraham Lincoln

• Compromise of 1850

• John Brown's Raid

The southern states felt they had the right to _________ based on states' rights.

• Secede

• vote

• annex

Northern Whigs formed the ______________which was against slavery and wanted to protect the interests in the North.

• Dred Scott Case

• Kansas - Nebraska Act

• Republican Party

___________ debated Abraham Lincoln over the issue of Slavery.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Stephen Douglas

• Jefferson Davis

_____________ led a slave uprising and tried to capture the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown

• Jefferson Davis

By 1830 what was the most pressing social issue for reformers?

• antislavery movement

• free education

• prohibition

• women’s right to vote

What was the primary cause of the American Civil War as discussed in Chapter 15?

• Slavery

• Taxation

• Territorial expansion

• Industrialization

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States, as highlighted in Chapter 15?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Who was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War, according to Chapter 15?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee