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4th Benchmark Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Following the Mexican-American War, sectionalism grew as leaders debated whether to allow ___________ into territories taken from Mexico.

a)

Immigrants

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Settlers

d)

Slavery

2.

What U.S. senator proposed the Compromise of 1850?

a)

John Calhoun

b)

Henry Clay

c)

William Seward

d)

Daniel Webster

3.

Which of the following were part of the Compromise of 1850? Select the THREE correct answers.

a)

Slavery would end in Washington, DC.

b)

The slave trade would end in Washington, DC.

c)

Texas would be admitted to the Union as a slave state.

d)

California would be admitted to the Union as a free state.

e)

Popular sovereignty would decide the issue of slavery in the rest of the Mexican Cession.

4.

What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

to outlaw the Underground Railroad in the South

b)

to make it easier to catch and return runaway slaves

c)

to outlaw the slave trade and end slavery eventually

d)

to make it a crime to help slaves leave plantations in the South

5.

Which of these actions were illegal under the Fugitive Slave Act? Select the TWO correct answers.

a)

hiding or helping runaway slaves

b)

turning in suspected runaway slaves

c)

runaway slaves testifying on their own behalf

6.

What was the significance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

a)

Northern leaders started supporting the Fugitive Slave Act.

b)

Southern leaders called for additional slave states.

c)

Many of its readers joined the Union army.

d)

Many of its readers became abolitionists.

7.

_________________ wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, which described the harshness of slavery.

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Anthony Burns

c)

James Hamlet

d)

Louisa McCord

8.

In the 1852 presidential election, the Democratic Party selected __________________ as its candidate because he was a northerner who supported the Fugitive Slave Act.

a)

Millard Filmore

b)

John P Hale

c)

Franklin Pierce

d)

Winfield Scott

9.

Why did the Democratic Party choose Franklin Pierce as its candidate in the 1852 presidential election?

a)

He was a pro-slavery northerner.

b)

He opposed the Fugitive Slave Act.

c)

He was an abolitionist southerner.

d)

He served in the Mexican-American War.

10.

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act alter parts of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

States north of 36°30' N latitude would be admitted to the Union as slave states.

b)

Slavery could be allowed into all territories of the Louisiana Purchase now.

c)

States south of 36°30' N latitude would be admitted to the Union as free states.

d)

Slavery could be allowed into all territories of the Mexican Cession now.

11.

In proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen Douglas wanted to use the governmental principle of ____________________ to determine if slavery would be allowed in the new territories.

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Republicanism

d)

Separation of Powers

12.

Which of the following describes “Bleeding Kansas”?

a)

The fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.

b)

The voting of pro-slavery Missouri citizens in the Kansas territorial election.

c)

The fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery senators in Congress over Kansas.

d)

The elections of rival pro-slavery and anti-slavery territorial governments in Kansas.

13.

In 1856 in Kansas, ______________________ and his sons attacked pro-slavery settlers in Pottawatomie Creek in response to the attack on Lawrence by pro-slavery forces.

a)

John Brown

b)

Preston Brooks

c)

John Doy

d)

Charles Sumner

14.

In response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the ____________________ was formed, made up of people opposed to the spread of slavery west.

a)

American Party

b)

Free-Soil Party

c)

Whig Party

d)

Republican Party

15.

Over what issue did the Republican Party form in 1854?

a)

favoring the spread of slavery west

b)

opposing the spread of slavery west

c)

keeping immigrants out of public office

d)

preventing the admission of new states

16.

Why did Dred Scott believe he should no longer be a slave?

a)

His previous owner was a citizen of a free state.

b)

He lived in free territories for many years.

c)

His owner’s widow was to have freed him.

d)

He lived in a free state.

17.

Which of the following were part of the Dred Scott decision? Select the two correct answers.

a)

African Americans could sue in federal court.

b)

Slave owners could bring slaves into a federal territory.

c)

Congress could not outlaw slavery in federal territories.

d)

The citizens of a state could not vote to leave the Union.

18.

Which of the following was an effect of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

a)

Abraham Lincoln won the Senate seat from Illinois.

b)

Abraham Lincoln became a national figure in the Republican Party.

c)

Stephen Douglas won the governorship in Illinois.

d)

Stephen Douglas gained the support of southern Democrats.

19.

During the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858, Abraham Lincoln restated the Republican position against the expansion of slavery, while Stephen Douglas put forth the __________________________ , which maintained his support of popular sovereignty.

a)

Freeport Doctrine

b)

House-Divided Principle

c)

Jonesboro Doctrine

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Principle

20.

Why did John Brown raid the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry?

a)

He planned to help escaped slaves to the North.

b)

He planned to lead a slave rebellion through the South.

c)

He hoped slave owners would free their slaves and abandon their plantations.

d)

He hoped the federal army would come to his assistance and attack slave owners.

21.

John Brown attacked the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, _______________________ , in 1859 to start a slave uprising.

a)

Kentucky

b)

Maryland

c)

Mississippi

d)

Virginia

22.

How did Abraham Lincoln win the presidential election of 1860?

a)

He won a clear majority of the popular vote.

b)

Three other candidates failed to win a majority of the popular vote.

c)

He won over southern voters by promising not to interfere with slavery.

d)

Three other candidates split the slave-state vote and failed to win more than one free state.

23.

In the 1860 presidential election, ____________________ won despite not campaigning in the South and receiving only 40 percent of the popular vote.

a)

John C. Breckinridge

b)

John Bell

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

Abraham Lincoln

24.

Why did leaders in South Carolina believe that their state had the right to secede from the Union?

a)

They believed that any state that allowed slavery had a right to protect itself from federal interference.

b)

They believed that since each state joined the Union voluntarily, each state could leave the Union voluntarily.

c)

They believed that any state that felt threatened by the federal government could leave the Union at any time.

d)

They believed that since each state had different economies, each state could do what was best for its economy.

25.

On December 20, 1860, ____________________ became the first state to secede from the Union.

a)

Alabama

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

Virginia