Chapters 19-20 Gallopade Test

1) What happened to John Brown after he led his raid on Harper's Ferry?

• He was tried and hung.
• He was sent to prison for life.
• He was exiled from the United States.
• He was found not guilty.

2) What legislation did Stephen Douglas argue upheld the idea of popular sovereignty in new territories?

• Wilmot Proviso
• Fugitive Slave Law
• the Kansas-Nebraska Act
• free soil laws

3) What was John Brown's intent for his raid on Harper's Ferry?

• to defeat the proslavery forces in Kansas
• to repeal the personal liberty laws
• to defeat the antislavery forces in Kansas
• to spark a general slave uprising

4) Why did Senator Charles Sumner harshly criticize Senator Andrew Butler in 1856?

• Sumner believed that Butler was responsible for the Compromise of 1850.
• Sumner was angry at Butler's ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
• Sumner was furious at Butler's support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
• Sumner was debating Butler in Illinois as part of a major Senate campaign.

5) Who was the South Carolina Representative who caned Charles Sumner on the floor of the US Senate?

• Andrew Butler
• John C. Calhoun
• Preston Brooks
• John Brown

6) The caning of Charles Sumner in 1856 resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:

• Praise for Sumner from northern abolitionists
• Three years for Sumner to recover from his attack
• Praise for Sumner's attacker from southerners
• A Supreme Court decision supporting the spread of slavery throughout the US

7) These speakers represent viewpoints held in the Antebellum Era. Which speaker supports the policy of popular sovereignty?

• Speaker 1
• Speaker 2
• Speaker 3
• Speaker 4

8) The Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858 opened the door for which of the following?

• The outlaw of slavery in western states
• Abraham Lincoln's presidential campaign in 1860
• Stephen Douglas election as president
• Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

9) This is an excerpt from a speech given by Stephen Douglas in 1854. In this speech, Douglas is advocating for what idea?

• popular sovereignty
• nullification
• gag rule
• abolition

10) Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln agreed over what issue?

• the damage created by the Dred Scott decision
• slavery in the West
• going to war with the South
• Manifest Destiny