Standards 42-43: Causes Of The Civil War Part 1 Question Preview (ID: 37461)


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Which of the following BEST describes the conflict that arose when Missouri applied to be a state?
a) Missouri becoming a state would upset the balance of free and slave states in the country
b) The borders of Missouri were on disputed territory between Spain and the United States
c) Missouri did not have the qualifications to be a state yet
d) The Constitution of Missouri had not yet been ratified

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Missouri Compromise?
a) Maine would be added to the U.S as a free state
b) Missouri would be added to the U.S as a slave state
c) There would be no new slave states North of the 36th line of latitude in the land included in the Louisiana Purchase
d) Missouri would get to vote on whether or not they would like to be a free state or slave state

Which of the following was NOT a problem that got tied up in the question of how California would become a state?
a) Questions about the New Mexico/Texas borders
b) It would upset the balance of free and slave states in the Senate
c) There was a question on whether or not slavery should be abolished in Washington D.C
d) The North wanted to completely outlaw slavery

What was the name of the compromise created by Henry Clay to address California's statehood and the problems associated with it?
a) Missouri Compromise
b) Compromise of 1850
c) Great Compromise
d) California Compromise

Which of the following was NOT a part of Clay's compromise to solve the problem of California's statehood?
a) California would be a free state
b) Slavery would be banned in all states North of 36th parallel
c) New Mexico would be a slave territory
d) Slave trade (but not slavery) would be abolished in Washington D.C

Which of the following BEST describes why the Compromise of 1850 was not passed?
a) President Taylor and other members of Congress do not approve of the entire plan, and refuse to pass it
b) There were more slave states and they did not like the plan and refused to vote for it
c) California decided they weren't ready to be a state anyway
d) The compromise did not address all parts of the problem

Which of the following was NOT instrumental in getting the Compromise of 1850 to pass?
a) President Taylor died in office
b) Stephen Douglas broke up the plan into separate bills that would be voted on individually
c) Henry Clay made several edits to the compromise before it was passed
d) People who were not completely against each bill were asked not to vote

Which of the following best describes the Fugitive Slave Act?
a) All citizens were required to return runaways slaves and helping slaves escape was illegal
b) Slaves caught trying to escape would be executed
c) The Underground Railroad had to be shut down
d) Slaves are property and not allowed to sue the government

Which group below would have supported the Fugitive Slave Act?
a) Northern Republicans
b) Northern Democrats
c) Southern Democrats
d) Southern Republicans

Which of the following BEST describes the conflict that arose when Kansas and Nebraska applied to be states?
a) Kansas wanted to be a slave state, but Nebraska wanted to be a free state, and it was required for them to be the same
b) The border between Kansas and Nebraska had not been officially set yet
c) Both states were above the Missouri Compromise line and should have been free states, but this would upset the balance in the
d) These territories were occupied by Native Americans who needed to be moved

Which of the following BEST describes the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a) Kansas would get to vote on whether or not they would have slavery
b) Nebraska would get to vote on whether or not they would have slavery
c) The Missouri Compromise would be cancelled
d) All answers are correct

What problems did the Kansas-Nebraska Act cause in Kansas?
a) People voted to be a free state, and the South didn't like that
b) People from other states rushed in to be part of the vote, the pro-slavery side won, but the anti-slavery people formed their
c) People from other states rushed in to be part of the vote, the anti-slavery side won, but the pro-slavery people formed their
d) People started a dirty campaign where they would attack people and try to get them to vote their way

What was Bleeding Kansas?
a) Kansas and Nebraska fought a war against one another
b) A nickname for Kansas since the slave whippings were so bad there
c) John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry
d) Violent riots between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters in Kansas

Which of the following BEST describes the case in the Dred Scott Supreme Court Case?
a) Dred Scott was a former slave who sued for his freedom because his owner died and he had once lived on free soil
b) Dred Scott was a former slave who was fighting to outlaw slavery in the United States
c) Dred Scott wanted to buy his freedom from his current slave owner
d) Dred Scott wanted to get rid of the Missouri Compromise

Which of the following is NOT a part of the decision made in the Dred Scott case?
a) Dred Scott was still a slave
b) Dred Scott was property and could not sue the government
c) Slaves are property and cannot be taken away without due process, therefore Congress cannot ban slavery
d) Dred Scott needed to live longer in the free territory to be considered free

In 1858 during the Lincoln and Douglas debates, what position were Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln candidates for?
a) Supreme Court Justice
b) Illinois Senator
c) President of the United States
d) Vice President of the United States

What was the primary topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
a) Slavery
b) Relocation of the Natives
c) Re-Colonization of former slaves
d) General debate about the platforms for their particular parties

What was the Freeport Doctrine?
a) Statement made by Lincoln that said that if people wanted to outlaw slavery they could vote to do so by making new laws
b) Statement made by Lincoln that said that he would end the practice of slavery if he was elected
c) Statement made by Douglas that said that if people wanted to outlaw slavery they could vote to do so by making new laws
d) Statement made by Douglas that said that he would end the practice of slavery if he was elected

Why were the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the Congressional Election of 1858 an important step for Abraham Lincoln?
a) He won and this was his first step to becoming President
b) He won and was able to make new laws about slavery
c) He lost, but gained popularity and support that would help him win the Presidential election
d) He lost, but was able to become a Senator in a different state as a result

What was the purpose of the raid on Harper's Ferry?
a) To steal the ferry and use it to help slaves escape
b) To free slaves who had been captured
c) To attack one of the most famous locations on the Underground Railroad
d) To steal weapons to give slaves so they could revolt

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