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A Dividing Nation

Quiz by Velda Jordan

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  • Q1
    How did Missouri's application as a slave state in 1819 challenge U.S. law?
    It did not have the population required for statehood.
    States north of the Ohio River were to be free states
    It did not have a state constitution
    States west of the Mississippi River were to be slave states.
    30s
  • Q2
    What was the significance of the 36" 30' parallel?
    It showed the borders of the United States.
    It indicated the northern border of Missouri.
    It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned
    It separated the North from the South.
    30s
  • Q3
    What was an effect of the Missouri Comprise?
    It upset the balance of slave and free states in the Union.
    It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.
    It temporarily ended the slavery debate.
    It led to the Sought seceding from the Union.
    30s
  • Q4
    Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?
    losing voting power
    losing tax revenue
    losing future elections
    losing respect
    30s
  • Q5
    According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery banned?
    Southern states
    land acquired from Mexico
    Northern states
    Louisiana Territory
    30s
  • Q6
    In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?
    It created new taxes for railroad construction.
    It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves.
    It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
    It required the Underground Railway to e disbanded.
    30s
  • Q7
    Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery?
    Charles Sumner and Stephen A. Douglas
    Nat Turner and John Brown
    Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
    James Polk and John Quincy Adams
    30s
  • Q8
    All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except
    Northerners refused to obey the law.
    plantation owners did not want returned slaves
    hounded slave catchers returned to the South.
    many slaves moved to Canada.
    30s
  • Q9
    What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
    The South became more resolved to secede from the Union.
    Congress agreed that slavery should be abolished.
    It turned many more people against slavery.
    It created a slave revolt in Kentucky.
    30s
  • Q10
    How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?
    It allowed slavery in new Northern territories.
    It required that all of Missouri be free.
    It established new interstate trade rules.
    It changed the borders of Missouri.
    30s
  • Q11
    Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    It led a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas.
    It settled the slavery issue in Nebraska.
    It calmed the country's dispute over slavery.
    It required that the new territories would be free states.
    30s
  • Q12
    What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
    that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court
    that slavery diminished the national character
    that slavery should be abolished by executive order
    that African American rights were protected by the Constitution
    30s
  • Q13
    What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry?
    to create a revolution that would lead to a war between the states
    to create a slave rebellion that would bring an end to slavery
    to bring the two sides together to from a new compromise
    to bring attention to the conflict between the North and the South
    30s
  • Q14
    How did the Lincoln=Douglas debates of 1858 impact Lincoln's political future?
    He felt discouraged and removed himself from polities for a time.
    He was seen as a poor candidate for public office.
    He became known throughout the nation.
    Hew won the senate race in Illinois.
    30s
  • Q15
    What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860?
    There was little support for abolitionists in the North.
    Lincoln was popular throughout the nation.
    Southern states were eager to abolish slavery.
    The nation was divided over slavery
    30s

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