Chapter 14 Test Review

What was the Fugitive Slave Act and how did northerners react to it?

• It required northerners to have enslaved African Americans work in their businesses. They welcomed the needed workers.

• It required the military to arrest all slave owners. Northerners were thrilled that southern plantations would be shut down.

• It required northerners to assist with the arrest of any person accused with being a runaway slave. Most northerners resisted the law because they were outraged to see people accused of being fugitives being deprived of their freedom.

• It required anyone with enslaved Africans to move out west to the territory gained in the Mexican

  Cessions. Northerners were completely unaffected by the act.

Many southerners that were outraged by Stowe's book criticized it as propaganda because of how it portrayed the lives of enslaved African Americans. What is the meaning of the

word propaganda as it used in this sentence?

• propose an idea

• information regarding the truth

• false or misleading information

• information used to spy on the other side

What effect did Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 have on national unity? 

• Several southern states seceded in protest.

• It healed the nation's political divisions.

• South Carolina seceded but other southern states remained in the Union.

• It caused the North to declare war on the South

{Choose 3} of the following that were a direct result of the Kansas­-Nebraska Act.

• Fiery debate among senators led to bloodshed in the Senate Chamber.

• It led to the banning of slavery in all northern territories.

• Illegal voting and a repeat election left Kansas with two opposing governments.

• Settlers in Kansas and Nebraska were able to decide whether to allow slavery.

Which of the following can be said of Abraham Lincoln?

• His military accomplishments made him a national hero.

• His antislavery speeches won him a following in both the North and the South.

• His debates with Stephen Douglas won him fame as an opponent of slavery.

• His support for the Kansas­Nebraska Act made him a Republican leader.

Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the presidential election of 1860?

• Overwhelming support from southern voters carried Abraham Lincoln to victory.

• Moderates helped Abraham Lincoln carry enough southern states to win.

• Abraham Lincoln won with strong support in every region of the country.

• Abraham Lincoln won despite the fact that he did not carry even one southern state.

What event led to the beginning of the Civil War?

• Federal troops attacked Confederate forts off the coast of Florida.

• Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

• Federal troops attacked Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

• Confederate troops attacked federal forts off the coast of Florida.

{Choose 3} Which of the following that were direct causes of the Civil War.

• Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter.

• Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

• Seven southern states seceded from the Union.

• Dred Scott won his freedom after he sued his owner.

What is the best word to describe people fighting from the same country?

• accommodation

• democracy

• civil war

• reconstruction

What was the effect of John Brown's raid?

• Southerners were excited that someone would lead a revolt against abolitionists.

• The nation was shocked over the death toll.

• It furthered tensions between pro­slavery and abolitionists movements.

• Thousands of slaves were given their freedom