Chapter 14 Test (Stump)

Question 1

1) what House of Representatives member proposed a bill in congress to outlaw slavery in the “west?”
2) what was the bill called?
3) what eventually happened to the bill?

Answer 1

1) David Wilmot
2) the Wilmot Proviso
3) it didnt pass

Question 2

What new political party formed after the Mexican war among democrats and whigs who did not want slavery to spread out west?

Answer 2

Freesoil party

Question 3

What phrase describes, that people should vote directly on issues, rather than having elected representatives decide?

Answer 3

Popular sovereignty

Question 4

1) who won the presidential election of 1848?
2) what party was he from?

Answer 4

1) general Zachary Taylor
2) Whig party

Question 5

1) in 1850, what new state was about to unbalance the free vs. slave states?
2) what did southern leaders threaten to do if it entered as a free state?

Answer 5

1) California
2) the threatened to secede

Question 6

1) What was the ‘fugitive’ known as back before the silver war?
2) what was the policy of the north and south regarding fugitive ?

Answer 6

1) runaway slaves
2) forced to be returned

Question 7

1) who became president after Zachery Taylor’s death in 1850?
2) who put together the compromise of 1850?

Answer 7

1) president Fillmore
2) Henry Clay

Question 8

Name the 5 laws of the compromise of 1850. Tell which pleased the north or south.

Answer 8

1. Congress could admit California as a free state (North)
2. The people of the territories of New Mexico and Utah will decide the slavery question by popular sovereignty (south)
3. The slave trade but not slavery end in Washington DC (North)
4. Congress pass a strict new fugitive slave law (South)
5. Texas would give up its claims to New Mexico and return for $10 million (neutral)

Question 9

Which of the compromise of 1850 laws angered the northern abolitionists the most?

Answer 9

The fugitive slave act

Question 10

1) What controversial book, written in 1852, describe the life of fugitive slaves?
2) Who wrote it?
3) Who wrote it? What is a propaganda?

Answer 10

1) Uncle Tom’s Cabin
2) Harriet Beecner Stowe
3) misleading information

Question 11

1) what did the abolitionist John Brown do in Kansas that led to a national scandal?
2) what nickname did the state of Kansas receive, because of incidents like this?

Answer 11

1) terrorized those who didn’t support their views
2) bleeding Kansas

Question 12

1) what new anti-slavery political party formed in 1854 from former northern Whig?
2) what was their main goal?

Answer 12

1) the Republican Party
2) stop the spread of slavery in the western territories

Question 13

Who became president of the united stets in 1856?

Answer 13

James Buchanan

Question 14

1) in 1857, what Supreme Court case focused on the freedom of a former slave?
2) what did the court decide?

Answer 14

1) dried Scott
2) he was still a slave.

Question 15

What were Lincoln and Douglas’s separate stances on the issue of slavery?

Answer 15

Lincoln. Thinks slavery is wrong
Douglas thinks its ok

Question 16

In 1859, what radical abolitionist organize a slave revolt in Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

Answer 16

John Brown

Question 17

What foreman ran for president in the election of 1860 in which states for each of them from?

Answer 17

Abraham Lincoln (IL), Stephen Douglas(IL), John Beckonridge(KY) , John Bell (TN)

Question 18

1) Who won the presidential election of 1860?
2) What percentage of the popular vote did he receive versus the percentage of the electoral vote

Answer 18

1) Abraham Lincoln
2) 39.8%

Question 19

1) What state was the first to secede from the union?
2) Name the six of the states as soon.

Answer 19

1) South Carolina
2) Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas

Question 20

1) What name was given to this new country Of seceding states?
2) Who became the first (and only) president of the new country?

Answer 20

1) Confederate states of America
2) Jefferson Davis

Question 21

What promises did Lincoln give to the south during his inaugural speech on March 4, 1861?

Answer 21

He wasn’t going to end slavery where are you existed

Question 22

What important for a decision that Lincoln had to make about federal property that warehouse located in the south?

Answer 22

He didn’t send troops but planters and food and supplies to Fort Sumner

Question 23

1) where did the Civil War begin on April 12, 1861?
2) After 34 hours one eventually?

Answer 23

1) fort Sumter (Charleston, SC)
2) US troops will surrender