WorksheetsChapter 16 Test - Toward Civil War
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
won the 1848 presidential election
a)
compromise of 1850
b)
Freeport Doctrine
c)
Henry David Thoreau
d)
Roger B. Taney
e)
Zach Taylor
2.
arose from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
a)
compromise of 1850
b)
Freeport Doctrine
c)
Henry David Thoreau
d)
Roger B. Taney
e)
Zach Taylor
3.
wrote "Civil Disobedience"
a)
compromise of 1850
b)
Freeport Doctrine
c)
Henry David Thoreau
d)
Roger B. Taney
e)
Zach Taylor
4.
wrote the Dred Scott Decision
a)
compromise of 1850
b)
Freeport Doctrine
c)
Henry David Thoreau
d)
Roger B. Taney
e)
Zach Taylor
5.
Stephen Douglas's resolution of Henry Clay's slavery plan
a)
compromise of 1850
b)
Freeport Doctrine
c)
Henry David Thoreau
d)
Roger B. Taney
e)
Zach Taylor
6.
The Whig Party selected Millard Fillmore as a presidential candidate in 1849
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The Missouri Compromise preserved the balance between slave states and free states.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The Wilmot Proviso allowed California to enter the Union as a free state.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
John C. Calhoun offered a counter proposal to the Wilmot Proviso.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Both Zachary Taylor and Lewis Cass ignored the issue of slavery during the 1848 presidential election.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Which of these was the result of 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
12.
Which position did Franklin Pierce begin holding in 1853?
a)
editor of the Liberator
b)
chief justice
c)
president of the United States
d)
United States senator
13.
James Polk and the Democrats favored the annexation of which state?
a)
Maine
b)
Missouri
c)
North Carolina
d)
Texas
14.
Who was a violent opponent of slavery?
a)
Preston Brooks
b)
John Brown
c)
Andrew P. Butler
d)
Charles Sumner
15.
What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
a)
admission of Illinois to the union
b)
economic issues
c)
slavery
d)
war with Mexico
16.
Who believed that neither Congress nor local governments had the authority to ban slavery from a territory?
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Zachary Taylor
d)
Daniel Webster
17.
Who was the Democratic senator from Illinois in 1858? Who was the Republican that ran against him?
a)
John C. Calhoun; Zachary Taylor
b)
Stephen Douglas; Abraham Lincoln
c)
Daniel Webster; Henry Clay
d)
David Wilmot; James Buchanan
18.
Who was Dred Scott?
a)
Slave owner from Missouri
b)
Sold as a slave to a doctor from Missouri
c)
Supreme Court Justice
d)
Southerner lawyer who owned slaves
19.
Antislavery members of the Whigs and the Democrats joined Free-Soilers to form the Republican party
a)
True
b)
False
20.
In the 1854 election, Republicans won several seats in the House of Representatives from Southern states
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Who was John C. Breckenridge? What was his stance on slavery?
a)
Northern Democrat; Anti-slavery
b)
Southern Democrat; Pro-Slavery
c)
Republican; no stance on slavery
d)
Whig; Leave slavery alone
22.
Who won the 1860 election?
a)
John Bell
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
James Buchanan
d)
John F. Kennedy
23.
What was Fort Sumter? Where was it located
a)
US fort on island; Canton, MO
b)
US fort on Island that guarded harbor; Charleston, SC
c)
European Fort on island; Paris, France
d)
US fort on island that guarded harbor; Destin, FL
24.
Did the compromises that Congress made effectively address slavery and sectionalism?
4 lines
25.
What role did the theory of states’ rights play in the outbreak of the Civil War? (EXTRA CREDIT - 3 pts)
4 lines
26.
Zachary Taylor adopted a proslavery platform for the 1848 presidential election
a)
True
b)
False
27.
President Fillmore was in favor of the Compromise of 1850
a)
True
b)
False
28.
By admitting a free state and Missouri, a slaveholding state, to the Union at the same time, the Senate could remain balanced.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
The Wilmot Proviso allowed California to enter the Union as a free state
a)
True
b)
False
30.
An exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country is called
a)
abolotionism
b)
Fugitive Slave Law
c)
Free Soil Party
d)
Sectionalism
31.
The plan that preserved the balance between slave and free states in the Senate was the
a)
North-South Compromise
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Maine Compromise
d)
Slavery Compromise
32.
The main issue in the presidential election of 1844 was the
a)
Annexation of New Mexico
b)
annexation of Texas
c)
Annexation of Maine
d)
Annexation of Missouri
33.
Who proposed that neither Congress nor local governments had the authority to ban slavery from a territory?
a)
Zach Taylor
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
Daniel Webster
d)
Henry Clay
34.
What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates? (EXTRA CREDIT - 2 pts)
(a)
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