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Chapter 10 Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The idea that people living in a territory would decide whether or not to allow slavery was

a)

Indirect Democracy

b)

Slave Codes

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Free Soil

2.

All of the following are true of the government of the Confederacy EXCEPT:

a)

the Constitution specifically protected slavery

b)

it was based on states rights

c)

it was a weak central government

d)

it gave significant powers to the President.

3.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated

a)

popular sovereignty would be used

b)

slavery would be illegal

c)

Kansas would be a free state but Nebraska would allow slavery.

d)

slavery would be legal in both territories

4.

The United States purchased land called the Gadsden Purchase because

a)

they wanted to expand slavery there

b)

some hoped to build a Transcontinental Railroad there

c)

gold was discovered there

d)

Mexico was unable to govern the land effectively.

5.

The violence in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas" demonstrated

a)

popular sovereignty was a successful solution

b)

slaves wanted freedom

c)

the South was willing to compromise on slavery

d)

popular sovereignty was not a practice solution

6.

Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?

a)

his owner had beat him very badly

b)

he had raised enough money to purchase his freedom

c)

he had lived in a free territory

d)

he argued slavery was immoral and unconstitutional

7.

In the Freeport Doctrine, Stephen Douglas suggested that residents of territories should not

a)

allow slavery

b)

pass slave codes

c)

try to stop the spread of slavery

d)

vote until slavery was abolished

8.

In the Election of 1860, the Democratic Party split over what issue?

a)

slavery

b)

railroads

c)

tariffs

d)

expansion

9.

Many Northern states passed __________ in which they refused to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.

a)

Slave Codes

b)

Non Importation Agreements

c)

Ordinance of Secession

d)

Personal Liberty Laws

10.

The government of the Confederacy was first formed in

a)

Atlanta, GA

b)

Charleston, SC

c)

Montgomery, AL

d)

Richmond, VA

11.

The Wilmot Proviso would have

a)

prevented the taking of any territory from Mexico

b)

required California to enter the Union as a slave state

c)

overturned the Fugitive Slave Law

d)

not allowed slavery in the Mexican Cession

12.

The Fugitive Slave Law required

a)

residents of the free state to track down and return slaves

b)

escaped slaves to be declared free

c)

freed slaves to carry documentation to prove their freedom

d)

accused runaways must be given a fair trial

13.

All of the following are true of Uncle Tom's Cabin EXCEPT:

a)

England stopped buying Southern cotton after its release.

b)

it turned many Northerners into abolitionists

c)

it showed a very negative picture of slavery

d)

it was widely read throughout the North

14.

The violence which broke out in Kansas over slavery was known as

a)

The Secession Crisis

b)

Bleeding Sumner

c)

Bleeding Kansas

d)

John Brown's Attack

15.

Free Soilers believed

a)

slavery must be abolished everywhere

b)

slavery was wrong, but legal

c)

slaves were property and were a constitutional right

d)

slavery should not be allowed to expand west

16.

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled

a)

Dred Scott was still a slave

b)

Dred Scott was free

c)

the case must be sent back to Missouri state courts

d)

Dred Scott's owner should decide whether or not he was free

17.

The first wave of secession occurred in response to

a)

the passing of the Compromise of 1850

b)

the Dred Scott decsion

c)

the eruption of violence in Kansas

d)

Abraham Lincoln's election

18.

Abraham Lincoln rose to national prominence as a result of

a)

South Carolina's decision to secede from the Union.

b)

John Brown's attack

c)

the Compromise of 1850

d)

the Lincoln-Douglas debates

19.

Many people rushed to settle in California when

a)

it became a free state

b)

gold was discovered

c)

slavery was allowed

d)

free land was offered

20.

Many felt the Fugitive Slave Law was unfair because

a)

the accused could not testify in their own defense

b)

slave owners had to submit large amounts of evidence

c)

slaves were almost always set free

d)

it only applied to runaway slaves who were unemployed

21.

The network of secret hiding places through which many slaves gained freedom was called

a)

The North Star

b)

The Freedom Ride

c)

The Underground Railroad

d)

The Black Market

22.

Preston Brooks alarmed many Americans when he

a)

resigned from Congress over a real estate scandal

b)

publicly spoke out against slave owners and the South

c)

refused to work with slave holding Congressmen anymore

d)

nearly beat an abolitionist Senator to death with his cane

23.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who decided the Dred Scott case was

a)

Roger Taney

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Samuel Chase

d)

John Marshall

24.

When John Brown raided the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, he intended to

a)

lead a slave rebellion

b)

force the North and South to compromise

c)

overthrow the government

d)

spread slavery to the west

25.

The states that seceded from the Union formed

a)

The Democratic Party

b)

the Georgia Platform

c)

The Free State of Jones

d)

the Confederate States of America

26.

"Bleeding Sumner" convinced many Northerners that

a)

slavery must be abolished

b)

compromise needed to be reached

c)

slave owners must be allowed to keep their slaves

d)

the South was violent and irrational

27.

Who is credited with breaking down the Compromise of 1850 and getting it passed?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Lewis Cass

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

James Buchanan

28.

The Compromise of 1850 included all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

a new Fugitive Slave Law would be added

b)

the slave trade would be abolished in Washington, D.C.

c)

slavery would not be allowed in the Mexican Cession

d)

California would enter the Union as a free state

29.

What effect did the Fugitive Slave Law have on Northern views of slavery?

a)

more people saw the abolition movement as dangerous

b)

more people saw slaves as property

c)

more people saw slavery as wrong

d)

more people saw slavery as important and necessary

30.

Preston Brooks beaks Senator ____________ after his anti-slavery remarks

a)

Daniel Webster

b)

Andrew Butler

c)

John C. Calhoun

d)

Charles Sumner

31.

What issue eventually caused the collapse of the Whig Party?

a)

Tariffs

b)

Slavery

c)

Immigration

d)

Education Reform

32.

What law was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision?

a)

The Fugitive Slave Law

b)

The Compromise of 1850

c)

The Missouri Compromise

d)

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

33.

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

a)

Alabama

b)

Georgia

c)

Virginia

d)

South Carolina

34.

All of the following are true of Abraham Lincoln EXCEPT:

a)

he was a Free Soiler Republican

b)

he agreed with immediate abolitionists

c)

he was a lawyer from Illinois

d)

he challenged Stephen Douglas in 1858 and 1860.

35.

Which of the following believed in popular sovereignty and designed as the Kansas Nebraska Act

a)

Stephen Douglas

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

John Bell

d)

Abraham Lincoln

36.

Harriett Beecher Stowe

a)

helped hundreds of slaves escape to the North

b)

was arrested for refusing to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law

c)

wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

d)

ran against Stephen Douglas for Senator

37.

Those who rushed to California during the Gold Rush were called

a)

Gold Bugs

b)

Silverites

c)

Homesteaders

d)

49ers

38.

Which of the following escaped slavery and then returned to the South to free others?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Angelina Grimke

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Harriet Tubman

39.

Who was selected as the President of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

John Breckinridge

c)

Stephen Douglass

d)

John Bell

40.

The Kansas Nebraska Act required to repeal of

a)

the Missouri Compromise

b)

the Fugitive Slave law

c)

the Compromise of 1850

d)

the Glass Stegall Act