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U9F2 15.1/15.2 Quiz

Quiz by BRIAN BECKLER

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  • Q1
    1. How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the United States?
    The federal government would have the last word on slavery.
    Slavery would not be permitted in unofficial states.
    States or territories would decide whether to permit slavery.
    Slavery would not be permitted anywhere in the country.
    30s
  • Q2
    What did Harriet Beecher Stowe do to influence the debate over slavery?
    exposed the harsh reality of slave life
    attacked political figures who supported slavery in the South
    pushed for the start of the Civil War
    accused the federal government of obeying the southern states
    30s
  • Q3
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the...
    prohibition of the practice of slavery in the territories.
    declaration of the Fugitive Slave Act as unconstitutional.
    reinforcement of ideas introduced in the Missouri Compromise.
    return of the slavery issue between the North and South.
    30s
  • Q4
    What political party was dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery?
    Free Soil
    Democrats
    Popular Sovereignty
    Republican
    30s
  • Q5
    What term describes the belief that the people living in a region should decide key issues?
    Wilmot Proviso
    Slave Act
    Popular Sovereignty
    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    30s
  • Q6
    What did Northerners do that made white Southerners fear that slavery would be abolished?
    tried to pass the Wilmot Proviso
    voted for the Fugitive Slave Act
    cut off trade with Great Britain
    repelled the Kansas-Nebraska Act
    30s
  • Q7
    What part of the Compromise of 1850 appealed to Southerners?
    Abraham Lincoln would be impeached
    some Mexican Cession Territory might allow slavery
    the Mason-Dixon line would be moved north
    California would become a slave state
    30s
  • Q8
    Exposed the harsh realities of slavery in the book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    Frederick Douglas
    Tom Thumb
    Samuel Clemens
    30s
  • Q9
    Democratic candidate who promised to honor the Fugitive Slave Act and the Compromise of 1850 helping him win the election of 1852?
    James Buchanan
    John Brown
    Jefferson Davis
    Franklin Pierce
    30s
  • Q10
    Introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 to help his home state of Illinois secure a railroad and end the Missouri Compromise.
    Dred Scott
    Franklin Pierce
    James Buchanan
    Stephen Douglas
    30s
  • Q11
    Which of the following was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?
    California would enter the Union as a free state
    a more strict fugitive slave law would be passed
    the rest of the Mexican Cession would be federal land
    the slave trade would ONLY be allowed in Washington DC
    30s

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