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Topic 9 Part 1 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: As part of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Armed pro-slavery supporters who crossed the border from Missouri to vote were called Kansas Crusaders.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a slave was "property."

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: The Wilmot Proviso allowed California to enter the Union as a free state.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Lincoln believed slavery was moral and right.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Francis Pickens

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jefferson Davis

7.

Which party did the Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, & Free-Soilers join together to form?

a)

Abolitionist Party

b)

Northern Party

c)

Antislavery Party

d)

Republican Party

8.

Stephen A. Douglas's plan to let each territory vote on slavery was called ____.

a)

popular choice

b)
  1. territorial sovereignty

c)
  1. electoral choice

d)
  1. popular sovereignty

9.

Who became popular around the nation during the Illinois Senate race of 1858?

a)

John Brown

b)

Stephen A. Douglas

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Roger B. Taney

10.

Southerners justified secession with the theory of ____.

a)
states' rights
b)
  1. civil rights

c)
  1. equality for all men

d)
  1. international law

11.

According to which law could a person be fined or imprisoned for helping a runaway slave?

a)

Southern Slave Act

b)

Owners-Right Act

c)

Runaway Slave Act

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

12.

Which Supreme Court decision divided the nation over the issue of slavery?

a)

Fugitive Slave case

b)

Clay's ruling

c)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

d)

John Brown v. Ohio

13.

Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

a)

Preston Brooks

b)

John Brown

c)

Andrew P. Butler

d)

Charles Sumner

14.

Which was the first state to secede from the Union?

a)

Texas

b)

Alabama

c)

North Carolina

d)

South Carolina

15.

Southerners did not support the Wilmot Proviso because it _____.

a)
  1. banned secession by any state

b)
  1. banned slavery in northern states

c)
  1. banned slavery in all the states

d)
  1. banned slavery in lands acquired from Mexico

16.

What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

a)

the presidential campaign

b)

war with Mexico

c)

the economy

d)

slavery

17.

After the Lincoln-Douglas debates, who was elected as an Illinois senator?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Daniel Webster

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Stephen A. Douglas

18.

Lincoln responded to a message from the commander of Fort Sumter by ____.

a)

sending three regiments of Union soldiers

b)

sending a fleet of U.S. Navy ships

c)

sending unarmed men with supplies for the fort

d)

sending a letter to Jefferson Davis

19.

Which of these was the result of the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

anger in the North

b)

compromise on the slavery question

c)

recognition of states' rights

d)

resolution of the slavery question

20.

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

a)

attack on Fort Sumter

b)

Lincoln-Douglas debates

c)

Lincoln inauguration

d)

secession of South Carolina