Chapter 14 Review and Assessment

Question 1

Many southern states threatened to ___ from the Union if California was admitted as a free state.

Answer 1

secede

Question 2

Southerners claimed that Uncle Tom’s Cabin was ___ because it did not give a fair picture of the lives of enslaved African Americans.

Answer 2

propaganda

Question 3

Slavery was the main issue that split the nation apart and led to violent ____.

Answer 3

civil war

Question 4

Why did Senator Stephen Douglas introduce the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Answer 4

He wanted a railroad built from IL through the NE territory to the west coast & to create 2 states out of the NE territory.

Question 5

How did the events in Kansas demonstrate the unrest that would eventually take shape throughout the nation?

Answer 5

Proslavery forces elected a government, and antislavery forces elected a different legislature favoring their views. KS errupted in chaos and violence. Divisions on slaver were too great to heal by compromise.

Question 6

What was the main goal of Republican Party in the election of 1854?

Answer 6

to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories

Question 7

How did Abraham Lincoln represent Republican principles during the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

Answer 7

He took a strong stand against the spread of slavery into the territories.

Question 8

What hapened at Fort Sumter?

Answer 8

Confederates wanted to take control of the fort and attack it.

Question 9

How did the election of 1860 affect the unity of the United States?

Answer 9

The election split the nation.