Unit 6 - Test

Question 1

In the Compromise of 1850, which condition appeased the southern states?

Answer 1

Fugitive slave law

Question 2

In the Compromise of 1850, which condition appeased the northern states?

Answer 2

California became a free state

Question 3

When a new territory applies for statehood in the Union what immediate problem arises?

Answer 3

Whether it will become a free or slave state

Question 4

In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the US acquired the Mexican Cession. With this new territory, how was it decided upon to be a slave territory or a free territory?

Answer 4

Popular Sovereignty

Question 5

Someone with extreme views against slavery is know as a what?

Answer 5

Abolitionist

Question 6

Someone with extreme views in favor of slavery is know as a what?

Answer 6

Fire-Easter

Question 7

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Answer 7

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 8

What is the significance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Answer 8

Further divided the country along sectional lines

Question 9

What is Popular Sovereignty?

Answer 9

It is when an issue is decided upon through elections of the residents of that state

Question 10

Due to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, why was there a rush for northerners and southerners to settle in the Kansas territory?

Answer 10

Popular sovereignty decided the slavery issue

Question 11

Why did the first elections held in Kansas prove to be more difficult than expected?

Answer 11

Illegal voting occurred due to many crossing into Kansas form Missouri

Question 12

Bleeding Kansas occurred due to:

Answer 12

The formation of two separate governments
Differences between pro-slavery populations and anti-slavery populations in Kansas
Influences from the slave state Missouri

Question 13

What party did Abraham Lincoln represent as their candidate in 1860?

Answer 13

Republican

Question 14

What was Dred Scott”s reasoning for suing for his freedom?

Answer 14

He had been a resident of a free state for an extended period of time

Question 15

Which is NOT true about the verdict of the Dred Scott Case?

Answer 15

Dred Scott was a citizen in a free state therefore is legally free.

Question 16

What was the significance of the Dred Scott Case?

Answer 16

It appeared that the expansion of slavery could not be stopped
It increased tensions between the North and South
Attributes to the escalation of the Civil War

Question 17

What was the purposed of John Brown’s Raid?

Answer 17

To over throw the institution of slavery

Question 18

What did NOT occur that was essential to executing John Brown’s plan?

Answer 18

The aid of all slaves to fight with Brown’s militia

Question 19

How did the northerners see John Brown?

Answer 19

As a Martyr

Question 20

How did the southerners see John Brown?

Answer 20

As a Blood Thirsty Fanatic

Question 21

In the Election of 1860 what occurred that allowed an easy victory for Abraham Lincoln?

Answer 21

The south divided its vote into three

Question 22

What was Lincoln”s position on Slavery?

Answer 22

He wanted to prevent slavery from expanding

Question 23

After the election of 1860 what happened in the south before Lincoln was inaugurated?

Answer 23

The seven deep south states seceded from the union

Question 24

How did the southern states justify their separation from the Union?

Answer 24

The states came willingly to form the union therefore they could leave willingly

Question 25

What was the US argument against the separation?

Answer 25

They have to follow the supremacy clause since they signed the constitution
The south can’t choose what they want to follow and not follow
Majority rules and they have to accept the outcome of the election