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Question #1
The Wilmot Proviso was favored by
A.   the North.
B.   the North and the South.
C.   California alone.
D.   the South.
Question #2
Which man did not support the Compromise of 1850?
A.   Henry Clay
B.   John C. Calhoun
C.   Stephen A. Douglas
D.   Millard Fillmore
Question #3
The major significance of the famed Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1858 was that it
A.   led to Lincoln's victory against Douglas in the Illinois senate race.
B.   helped Lincoln's star to rise in the political arena, while Douglas's began to fall.
C.   was the first-time presidential candidates held a public debate.
D.   led to passage of the Freemont Doctrine.
E.   inspired Lincoln's nomination for vice president on the ticket with john Freemont.
Question #4
The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed
A.   the division between the House and the Senate over slavery.
B.   the seriousness of political divisions in the North.
C.   passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South.
D.   despite divisions over slavery, the House of Representatives would unite to expel a member for bad conduct.
E.   the importance of honor to northerners.
Question #5
Harriet Beecher Stowe'S novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A.   received little notice at the time it was published but became widely read during the Civil War.
B.   comprised the recollections of a long-time personal witness to the evils of slavery.
C.   was prompted by passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
D.   intended to show the cruelty of slavery.
E.   portrayed blacks as militant resisters to slavery.
Question #6
The person who won the presidential election of 1856 was
A.   John C. Fremont
B.   Franklin Pierce
C.   James Buchanan
D.   Horace Greeley
Question #7
Who supported the Wilmot Proviso?
A.   Northerners
B.   slave owners
C.   Southerners
D.   slaves
Question #8
The Confederacy included all of the following states except
A.   Alabama.
B.   Texas.
C.   South Carolina.
D.   Maryland.

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