Unit 4 Practice Quiz: Divisive Events
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- Q1
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required that ___.
anyone helping an escaped slave be fined or imprisoned
escaped slaves be transported to Canada
escaped slaves be given their freedom if they made it across a state's boundary
60s - Q2
What was the main reason Stephen A. Douglas wanted Kansas and Nebraska organized into territories?
He wanted to make it easier to build a transcontinental railroad.
He wanted to stop the spread of slavery.
He planned to increase the spread slavery.
60s - Q3
Kansas was called “Bleeding Kansas” because ____.
of continued violence between settlers and Native Americans
of violent conflicts between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in the territory
of conflicts between settlers and the U.S. Army
60s - Q4
People who worked to end slavery, even by breaking laws, were called ___.
abolitionists
transcendentalists
democrats
60s - Q5
Which of the following statements is not true about the Republican Party?
The Republican Party's first presidential winner was elected in 1860.
The Republican Party's members wanted to keep slavery out of the western territories.
The Republican Party was the first political party ever formed in the United States.
60s - Q6
The Compromise of 1850 appealed to the southern states by ___.
allowing new territories to decide the slavery issue through popular sovereignty, and adopting a stricter Fugitive Slave Law
admitting California as a free state, and banning the slave trade in the District of Columbia
admitting Texas as a free state, and adding West Virginia as a slave state
60s - Q7
Which of the following happened after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?
Congress passed the Missouri Compromise.
The state of South Carolina withdrew from the United States.
The Supreme Court announced the Dred Scott Decision.
60s - Q8
Which one of the following upheld slaveholders’ rights to their property anywhere in the United States?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Dred Scott Decision
The Wilmot Proviso
60s - Q9
Under the terms of the Wilmot Proviso, if it would have passed the Senate, slavery would have been banned in ___.
Missouri
the territories gained from Mexico
Oregon
60s - Q10
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the conflicts leading to “Bleeding Kansas,” and the raid on Harpers Ferry all led to ___.
increased hostility between the Northern and Southern states.
compromises between the Northern and Southern states.
a wider acceptance of slavery by most Americans
60s - Q11
Most southerners argued that secession of states from the Union was legal because of ___.
the First Amendment to the Constitution
states' rights
popular sovereignty
60s - Q12
Which one of the following was not a well-known abolitionist?
Frederick Douglass
Stephen A. Douglas
Henry David Thoreau
60s - Q13
What was the outcome of the senate election of 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas?
Douglas lost the election, but gained support throughout the country.
Lincoln won the election and national prominence.
Douglas won the election, but lost northern support.
60s - Q14
As part of the Compromise of 1850 which of these was no longer permitted in the District of Columbia?
the practice of slavery
purchasing Native American lands
buying and selling of slaves
60s - Q15
Which of the following explains the purpose of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry?
He wanted to punish the politicians of America.
He wanted to intimidate abolitionists and runaway slaves.
He wanted to start a slave uprising throughout the South.
60s