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Galiyas History 9 - Chapter 8 Test (A)
Test Description: Galiyas History 9 - Chapter 8 Test (A)
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1) President Lincoln’s declaration that the Union would hold on to federal property in the Southern states clearly referred to
A
Fort Sumter.
B
Fort Pickens.
C
Harpers Ferry
D
Washington, D.C.
2) The dissolution of the Union began in ____________________, where anti-Northern secessionist sentiment had long been intense:
A
Georgia.
B
Kansas.
C
Kentucky.
D
South Carolina.
3) When delegates at the Republicans’ Chicago convention in 1860 became convinced that their first choice, William Seward, might not have wide appeal in the North, the party turned to
A
Stephen Douglas.
B
Jefferson Davis.
C
Abraham Lincoln.
D
John J. Crittenden.
4) n 1849 thousands of people came to California because
A
gold had been discovered there.
B
it offered cheap land.
C
it was a free state
D
it was a slave state.
5) The Lecompton Constitution
A
was proslavery.
B
was supported by Stephen Douglas.
C
gave voting rights to women.
D
was approved by Congress.
6) In the Compromise of 1850, Henry Clay grouped his resolutions in pairs so that
A
members of Congress could then vote on each pair separately from the others.
B
each pair offered concessions to both sides.
C
each pair could comprise a bill.
D
the pairings made the large proposal easier for all to understand.
7) The most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad was
A
Frederick Douglass.
B
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
C
Harriet Tubman.
D
Simon Legree.
8) The Whig Party and American Party both dissolved because
A
members polarized over the Dred Scott decision.
B
members disagreed sharply over their party’s presidential nominee.
C
Northeastern and Western members split over popular sovereignty.
D
Northern and Southern members split over the slavery issue.
9) The Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case
A
ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
B
settled the slavery issue.
C
outlawed slavery in the territories.
D
freed an enslaved man.
10) Which of the following states remained with the Union?
A
Missouri.
B
Arkansas.
C
North Carolina.
D
Tennessee.
11) What was the name for the idea that the citizens of each new territory should be allowed to decide for themselves whether they wanted to permit slavery?
A
Crittenden’s Compromise
B
nullification doctrine
C
popular sovereignty
D
Lecompton referendum
12) Who asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare him a free man, arguing that the time he had spent in free territory had ended his enslavement?
A
Frederick Douglass
B
Roger B. Taney
C
Dred Scott
D
John Sanford
13) The Kansas-Nebraska Act enraged many people who opposed the extension of slavery because it repealed the
A
Lecompton Constitution.
B
Missouri Compromise.
C
Fugitive Slave Act.
D
Freeport Doctrine.
14) The convention of the Confederate states drafted a constitution containing a provision that
A
declared the formation of a federal union.
B
guaranteed slavery in their territory.
C
limited the presidency to two terms.
D
imposed a protective tariff on textiles.
15) Stephen A. Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in order to
A
make it possible to farm large quantities of cotton in the Great Plains.
B
appease leaders of the “free soil” movement.
C
provide a compromise that would avoid civil war.
D
settle territory along the proposed route of the transcontinental railroad.
16) During his inaugural address, James Buchanan suggested that the question of slavery in the territories should be decided by
A
the Supreme Court.
B
Congress.
C
a nationwide vote.
D
the people who lived there.
17) A divisive issue that eventually contributed to the Civil War was whether to allow
A
enslaved Africans to become citizens of the United States.
B
slavery to expand into the western territories.
C
the continued capturing and transporting of Africans to the United States.
D
slavery to expand into the North.
18) The book Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A
justified slavery by depicting African Americans as heretics.
B
aroused antislavery sentiment in the North.
C
justified slavery by depicting African Americans as being happy in enslavement.
D
led to better treatment of enslaved African Americans in the South.
19) The Gadsden Purchase was intended to
A
balance the division of territory between free states and slave states.
B
balance the amount of territory included in Kansas and Nebraska.
C
create a route for the transcontinental railroad from New Orleans.
D
expand slavery westward.
20) The American Party won many seats in Congress in 1854 by opposing
A
immigration.
B
slavery.
C
the Missouri Compromise.
D
statehood for Kansas.
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