WorksheetsCh. 10 -section 3 & 4
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Members of the Know-Nothing party were known for all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
use of passwords
b)
use of secret handshakes
c)
support of the rights of immigrants
d)
belief in nativism
2.
The Dred Scott decision did all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
please Southerners
b)
guaranteed that slavery would not be allowed in future states
c)
rule that slaves did not have rights
d)
declare the Missouri Compromise uncostitutional
3.
The Confederacy included all of the following states EXCEPT:
a)
South Carolina
b)
Alabama
c)
Maryland
d)
Texas
4.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was introduced by:
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
John Brown
5.
Senator Charles Sumner was beaten with a cane on the Senate floor because he
a)
supported Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
spoke out against slavery
c)
spoke out against women's equality
d)
argued that California should be a slave state
6.
Which of the following was NOT true of the Free-Soil Party
a)
they saw the fugitive slave act as dangerous
b)
they favored letting slavery remain in the South
c)
They nominated Martin Van Buren for President
d)
They opposed the extension of slavery into the territories
7.
He was known as the "Little Giant"
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Stephen Douglas
8.
This party was created from Whigs, antislavery Democrats and Free-Soilers
a)
Democratic Republican
b)
Republican
c)
Freeport party
d)
Libertarian
9.
Douglas' response to the slavery question posed by Lincoln came to be known as the
a)
Lecompton Constitution
b)
Kansas Nebraska Act
c)
Free Soil Response
d)
Freeport Doctrine
10.
Which of the following was NOT a result of the 1856 election?
a)
The Republicans were a political force in the North
b)
Slavery united the Whig party
c)
The Know-Nothings were in decline
d)
Democrats could win the presidency without alienating Southerners
11.
After Lincoln was elected president, this state was the first to secede
a)
Texas
b)
South Carolina
c)
MIssissippi
d)
Alabama
12.
Senator Seward thought he would win the nomination of the Republican Party but he lost to
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Henry Clay
d)
James Buchanan
13.
He attempted to take control of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry
a)
John Brown
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Roger B Taney
d)
Stephen Douglas
14.
He was elected president of the Confederacy
a)
John C Breckinridge
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
William Seward
d)
Jefferson Davis
15.
He led marines in capturing John Brown at Harpers Ferry
a)
William Sherman
b)
Ulysses S Grant
c)
Stephen Douglas
d)
Robert E Lee
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