Ch. 14 history test review Quizizz

Who declared that “members of the negro race” were not U.S. citizens?

• John Brown
• Roger Taney
• Dred Scott
• John C. Frémont

What term means “letting people decide an issue by voting”?

• sympathetic expedition
• popular sovereignty
• representative democracy
• states’ rights

What could federal marshals do under the Fugitive Slave Act?

• free enslaved people who made it to a free state
• confront slave catchers and free enslaved people from jail
• collect rewards offered for escaped enslaved people
• force ordinary citizens to help capture enslaved people

Who attacked a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

• proslavery forces led by Roger Taney
• Republicans led by John C. Frémont
• abolitionist forces led by John Brown
• Democrats led by James Buchanan

Why was the territory called "Bleeding Kansas"?

• The territory’s population was decreasing sharply.
• The territory’s land contained acres of red soil.
• The territory included former enslaved people.
• The territory had several violent incidents.

In the election of 1860, which party’s platform included a call to keep slavery out of the new territories and states?

• the Republican Party
• the Constitutional Union Party
• the northern Democratic Party
• the southern Democratic Party

Which word means “separation of people by race”?

• abolition
• racism
• segregation
• restriction

What happened at Fort Sumter?

• South Carolina seceded from the Union.
• Confederate forces attacked a garrison of Union soldiers.
• The Crittenden Plan was presented.
• Jefferson Davis was inaugurated.

Which party’s nominee campaigned only in the southern states in 1860?

• southern Democratic Party
• northern Democratic Party
• Constitutional Union Party
• Republican Party

Which statement about the election of 1860 is true?

• Lincoln won every state in the North.
• Lincoln got almost 40 percent of the popular vote.
• Lincoln won Kentucky, his home state.
• Lincoln won only 3 votes in the South.