lead up to civil war test

Why did many Southerners strongly oppose the Wilmot Proviso?

• They viewed it as a threat to the institution of slavery and their economic interests.
• They felt it would lead to increased immigration to the South.
• They thought it would promote more states' rights.
• They believed it would strengthen the Southern economy.

Which concept gave people in new territories the right to vote on the issue of slavery?

• federal mandate
• state sovereignty
• judicial review
• popular sovereignty

Which book helped grow the abolitionist movement in the North?

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
• The Grapes of Wrath
• Uncle Tom's Cabin

Which law required Americans to return escaped slaves to their owners?

• Emancipation Proclamation
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Why is Dred Scott an important historical figure?

• Dred Scott was the first African American president of the United States.
• Dred Scott was a prominent Civil War general.
• He sued for freedom but lost in the Supreme Court

• Dred Scott was a famous abolitionist leader.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed for what controversial decision?

• It allowed for the decision to ban all forms of agriculture.
• It mandated the immediate abolition of slavery in all territories.
• It established a federal law requiring all states to allow slavery.
• Popular vote on slavery in new territories

Who would most likely support the Wilmot Proviso?

• Southern Democrats
• Pro-slavery advocates
• Northern abolitionists

• Whigs in the South

Which best explains why the South had so many enslaved people by 1800?

• The North sold its enslaved people to the South

• The South’s economy relied on labor-intensive farming

• Southern states passed strict immigration laws

• There was more cities in the South

Who won the Illinois Senate race after the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• Stephen A. Douglas
• Abraham Lincoln

True or False: The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise.

• False
• True