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US History Chapter 16, Lessons 2 and 3

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  • Q1
    Antislavery Whigs and Democrats joined with Free-Soilers to form this
    Republican Party
    the New Free Soil Party
    the Know-Nothings
    the Federalist Party
    30s
  • Q2
    In the 1856 Presidential election, Republicans chose this campaign slogan
    "No Buchanan for Us!"
    "Free soil, Free speech, and Frémont."
    "Lincoln to Washington!"
    "Away With Slavery!"
    30s
  • Q3
    In 1856, the Democratic Party, endorsing the idea of popular sovereignty, nominated him for President
    James Buchanan
    Stephen Douglass
    Martin Van Buren
    Abraham Lincoln
    30s
  • Q4
    Republicans called the decision "a wicked and false judgment" and "the greatest crime" ever committed in the nation's courts.
    Dred Scott decision
    Prohibition
    the election of Lincoln
    the 14th Amendment
    30s
  • Q5
    a place to store weapons and military equipment
    barracks
    fort
    armory
    arsenal
    30s
  • Q6
    a person who dies for a great cause
    fugitive
    martyr
    abolitionist
    liberal
    30s
  • Q7
    pitted the current senator Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, against a rising star in the Republican Party named Abraham Lincoln.
    Illinois Senate race of 1858
    Illinois Senate race of 1854
    Illinois Senate race of 1860
    Illinois Senate race of 1856
    30s
  • Q8
    Lincoln and Douglas debated. The main topic was slavery.
    seven times
    five times
    eight times
    six times
    30s
  • Q9
    he had hoped to arm enslaved African Americans and start a revolt against slaveholders.
    Boy George
    Frederick Douglass
    Nat Turner
    John Brown
    30s
  • Q10
    When he was elected president, the Southern states decided to break away from the Union.
    Stephen Douglass
    Abraham Lincoln
    Jefferson Davis
    George Washington
    30s
  • Q11
    the idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states
    popularity sovereignty
    cream cheese brownies
    states' rights
    civil rights
    30s
  • Q12
    "In your hands.. is the momentous issue of civil war. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. . . .
    Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
    Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
    Lincoln's Prom Dress
    Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
    30s
  • Q13
    Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter, beginning the Civil War
    April 12, 1861
    July 4, 1776
    May 1, 1865
    December 7, 1941
    30s

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