BJU United States History

Explain the three views dealing with slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War:

• The Pierce Opinion, Fillmore Opinion, And Buchanan Opinion

• The Calhoun Resolutions, Popular sovereignty, and the Wilmot Proviso

• The wrong answer

What famous novel stirred sympathy for the abolitionist cause?

• Around the World in 80 Days

• 12 Years a Slave

• Liberator

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

Who wrote the most influential novel to stir the abolitionist cause?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe​

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Franklin

Describe the clash over slavery in Kansas.

• Proslavery forces attacked

• Abolitionist forces attacked

• Proslavery forces looted and burned buildings

• Abolitionist forces looted and burned buildings

What nickname did the Kansas territory get as a result of the clash over slavery?​

• Looting Kansas

• Bleeding Kansas

• Fighting Kansas

• Burning Kansas

What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?​

• prohibited giving citizenship rights to blacks

• guaranteed citizenship rights to blacks

• voided the Missouri Compromise

• guaranteed the presence of slavery in the territories

What was Lincoln’s public position on slavery during the election?

• it was a moral evil

• he would not interfere where it already existed

• he would abolish slavery

• he would oppose its spread

Which state was the first to secede?

• Georgia

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

Who was chosen to be the president of the Confederacy?​

• Alexander Stephens

• Frederick Douglass

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

Who believed slavery could not continue in the new territories because of the barren conditions of the new territory?