A Broken Nation SECTION 2 QUIZ

Which event prompted John Brown’s attack on the Pottawatomie Creek settlement?

• the passing the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the attack on Senator Charles Sumner

• the violent proslavery raid in Lawrence, Kansas

• the contested elections of the Free-Soil Party

What was the main obstacle to Stephen A. Douglas’s proposed Chicago-San Francisco railroad?

• It would be far too expensive to build.

• The territory was not organized into states.

• Settlers in the territory objected to a railroad.

• The territory between the cities was dangerous.

What reason did the judge in the Dred Scott case give for ruling that “members of the negro African race” did not have a right to sue?

• They were not allowed into courthouses.

• They were not actually U.S. citizens.

• Few African Americans could read.

• They were not allowed to vote.

Which act did the Dred Scott case deem unconstitutional?

• the Missouri Compromise

• the Compromise of 1850

• the Fugitive Slave Act

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Why were southerners angry at the prospect of organizing the territory west of Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri into new states?

• Because they feared the new states would be free states, upsetting the balance of power in Congress.

• Because they wanted to expand slavery into those territories without restrictions.

• Because they believed the land was unsuitable for agriculture.

• Because they thought it would increase taxes in the South.

Compare and contrast northern and southern reactions to the attack on Harpers Ferry.

• Northerners were mostly supportive of John Brown, while Southerners were alarmed and outraged.

• Both Northerners and Southerners supported John Brown's actions.

• Southerners were supportive of John Brown, while Northerners were outraged.

• Both regions ignored the attack on Harpers Ferry.