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

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