History 11 - A Political and Social History of the United States I » Summer 2021 » Chapter 15 Quiz

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Question #1
What happened to John Brown after his raid on Harper's Ferry?
A.   He was deported to Canada.
B.   He was tried, convicted, and executed.
C.   He was pardoned by the Republican governor.
D.   He escaped to Massachusetts.
Question #2
What significant event occurred at the 1860 Democratic Convention in Charleston?
A.   Delegates nominated Jefferson Davis for the presidency
B.   Northern delegates walked out
C.   Southern delegates walked out
D.   Delegates nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency
Question #3
Miners in California
A.   did not have an issue with slavery because slave owners were not bringing slaves to California
B.   did not want to compete with slave labor and proposed a ban on slavery in Calfornia
C.   established their own republic and independently governed themselves until 1852
D.   liked the idea of introducing slaves into the mine fields to ease their own workloads
Question #4
In 1854, Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act and included a section repealing the Missouri Compromise because
A.   he had never supported the Missouri Compromise in the first place.
B.   he needed southern support to pass his legislation.
C.   he did not think the plan would cause controversy.
D.   he pocketed bribes from southern legislators in return for supporting their causes.
Question #5
Which issue in the debate of 1849–50 led to the Compromise of 1850?
A.   Whether or not the nation should engage in a civil war
B.   Stricter interstate commerce regulations
C.   The balance of power between the North and the South in Congress
D.   Whether or not Congress should raise taxes on imports
Question #6
Early in the struggle to win Kansas, proslavery supporters
A.   initiated the first orderly implementation of popular sovereignty.
B.   saw that the cause was lost and retreated from the contest.
C.   got no support from the presidential administration of Millard Fillmore.
D.   invaded Kansas to control the election through fraud and intimidation.
Question #7
How did the Dred Scott decision increase sectional tension?
A.   It indicated that the issue of slavery could be determined in any territory long before the moment of statehood.
B.   It lent credence to the belief in the North that a slave power conspiracy existed.
C.   It strengthened the Democratic party by unifying its northern and southern branches.
D.   It precipitated the resignation of Supreme Court justices from the North.
Question #8
Per the Compromise of 1850, which state entered the union as a free state?
A.   Arizona
B.   Utah
C.   California
D.   New Mexico
Question #9
The Compromise of 1850 included a provision about Texas because
A.   Texas was under constant attack from Mexico and the United States needed to make a provision to protect the Texas border
B.   the US government wanted to control and profit from the distribution of land in Texas
C.   the border dispute between Texas and New Mexico needed to be settled
D.   Texas desired to be annexed into the Union as a slave state
Question #10
The Kansas / Nebraska Act, 1854 did all of the following EXCEPT
A.   proclaim slavery issues needed to be decided by popular sovereignty
B.   repeal the Missouri Compromise
C.   provide federal funds for a transcontinental railroad to run through Kansas
D.   divide the unorganized western territory into Nebraska and Kansas
Question #11
What effect did John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry have on the South?
A.   They took comfort in knowing no slave flocked to Brown's case.
B.   They took comfort in knowing that slaveholders and non-slaveholders united to fight of the invaders.
C.   They took comfort in knowing the federal government defended slavery. They took comfort in knowing no slave flocked to Brown's case. They took comfort in knowing that slaveholders and non-slaveholders united to fight of the invaders.
D.   They took comfort in knowing the federal government defended slavery.
Question #12
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1858
A.   freed Dred and Harriet Scott from slavery because they had lived in a free territory
B.   declared Congress could not ban slavery from the territories because slaves are personal property, thus protected by the U.S. Constitution
C.   endorsed the free soil policy of the Republicans
D.   extended the 36/30 line (Missouri Compromise) line all the way to the Pacific Coast
Question #13
What made Abraham Lincoln an attractive candidate for the Republican nomination?
A.   His extreme racial views appealed to antislavery southerners.
B.   He was good friends with powerful Democrats.
C.   He supported high tariffs.
D.   He represented the crucial state of Illinois.
Question #14
Stephen Douglas's proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act
A.   might allow slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
B.   strengthened his presidential prospects
C.   showed his enthusiastic support of slavery
D.   strengthened the Missouri Compromise
Question #15
Who supported the Wilmot Proviso?
A.   Northerners and southerners who were morally opposed to slavery
B.   Southerners who had concluded that slavery could not flourish in the West
C.   Northerners who wanted to reserve new lands for white settlers
D.   Southerners who could not afford to relocate their plantations to the West
Question #16
In response to the Fugitive Slave Act, 1850, vigilance committees were formed by abolitionists to warn blacks when slave catchers arrived in town and to obstruct the efforts of slave catchers.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #17
The presidential election of 1856 revealed the
A.   weakness of the Democratic party in the South.
B.   fundamental flaws in the electoral college system.
C.   strength of the new Republican party.
D.   indifference of southern voters.
Question #18
The seizure of the federal arsenal located hat Harper's Ferry was part of John Brown's plan to launch a guerrilla attack against slavery.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #19
The Know-Nothing Party
A.   were also known as the Peace and Freedom Party
B.   were a group of southerns who formed a secret society that condemned slavery
C.   were a group of American born Protestant natives who opposed the expansion of slavery and protested the immigration of Catholics
D.   were a labor union that protested accusations that they knew nothing about politics
Question #20
How did James Buchanan respond as the secession crisis loomed over the final weeks of his presidential administration?
A.   He denied that the southern states had the right to secede from the Union, but did nothing to stop it.
B.   He called several ineffective special sessions of Congress.
C.   He prodded Congress to beef up the military in case there was a war.
D.   He urged the Supreme Court to rule on secession before Lincoln took office.

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