Chapter 16

Question 1

Divided a territory into two parts

Answer 1

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 2

Attempted to ban slavery in territories won from Mexico

Answer 2

Wilmot Proviso

Question 3

Declared Congress unable to ban the slave trade between states

Answer 3

Compromise of 1850

Question 4

Pro-slavery Person who rode from Missouri to Kansas to battle antislavery forces

Answer 4

Border Ruffian

Question 5

Runaway person

Answer 5

Fugitive

Question 6

One who sacrifices his or her own life for beliefs

Answer 6

Martyr

Question 6

What compromise did Henry Clay propose for admitting Missouri to the Union

Answer 6

Admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as free

Question 7

What political party was formed in 1848 for the purpose of banning slavery in western territories

Answer 7

Free Soil

Question 8

What statement summarizes the effects of the Missouri Compromise

Answer 8

It helped ensure the balance of slave and free states for almost 30 years

Question 9

What is not among the terms of the Compromise of 1850

Answer 9

Slavery is banned in New Mexico and Utah

Question 10

What is an example of popular sovereignty

Answer 10

In 1849, California voters approve a state constitution that bans slavery

Question 11

What led to the violence in Kansas in 1855

Answer 11

The rivalry between pro-slavery and antislavery settlers

Question 11

What effect did Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on public opinion

Answer 11

Northerners, in general, became more opposed to slavery

Question 12

What led to the formation of the Republican party in the 1850s

Answer 12

dissatisfaction with the weak stand on slavery taken by the Whigs and democrats

Question 13

How did the ruling on the Dred Scott case affect the slavery debate

Answer 13

It protected the right of a freed slave to file a lawsuit

Question 14

What can be said of Abraham Lincoln

Answer 14

His debates with Stephen Douglas won him fame as an opponent of slavery

Question 15

What effect did Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860 have on national unity

Answer 15

Several southern states seceded in protest

Question 16

What summarizes the outcome of the presidential election of 1860

Answer 16

Abraham Lincoln won despite the fact that he did not carry even on southern state

Question 17

How did the civil war begin

Answer 17

The confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Question 18

What was the goal of the Free-Soil Party

Answer 18

to ban slavery in the western territories

Question 19

To what area did the Missouri compromise apply

Answer 19

lands in the Louisiana Purchase

Question 20

What correctly describes the issue that led to the compromise of 1850

Answer 20

admitting California to the union in 1850 gave free states an advantage over slave states

Question 21

what statement best expresses the reaction of many northerners to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Answer 21

We don’t respect this law and we won’t obey it

Question 22

why did conflict arise in 1848 in western territories over the issue of slavery

Answer 22

the legality of slavery had to be decided in lands added from the Mexican cession

Question 23

Debates over what caused violence to erupt on the Senate floor

Answer 23

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 24

what describes the effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 24

the novel further heightened tensions between the North and South

Question 25

how were the goals of the Republican party and the free-soil party alike

Answer 25

both wanted to keep slavery out of the western territories

Question 26

what is true of Abraham lincoln

Answer 26

he became well known nationally despite losing to Stephen Douglas in the United States Senate race

Question 27

what was one effect of the Dred Scott decision

Answer 27

it was condemned by free African Americans

Question 28

What is the historical Significance of fort Sumter, South Carolina

Answer 28

confederate forces fired the first shots of the Civil War there

Question 28

How did southerners react to Abraham Lincoln’s election

Answer 28

Seven southern states seceded and formed the Confederate states of America

Question 29

What statement summarizes the results of the presidential eleciton of 21860

Answer 29

regional attitudes toward slavery decided the outcome

Question 30

what law divided the dotted area on the map into two separate territories

Answer 30

Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

Question 31

what statement does the map support

Answer 31

the Missouri compromise banned slavery in territories carved from the dotted area

Question 32

what new territories were created in 1854 from the dotted area

Answer 32

Kansas and Nebraska

Question 33

In the dotted area, how many new territories allowed popular sovereignty

Answer 33

2

Question 34

who would have been most likely to sing this song

Answer 34

an abolitionist

Question 35

what best paraphrases the meaning of the quote

Answer 35

John brown’s spirit inspires other abolitionists

Question 36

why would a folk song have been written about John brown

Answer 36

he tried to organize a slave revolt

Question 37

what statement best describes a probable reaction to the lyrics of the song

Answer 37

Southerners were outraged, but the song was popular with northerners