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According to information in the Upsetting the Balance passage, Southerners were upset because ______________.
a) anti-slave legislators gained a majority in Congress.
b) slavery was no longer permitted in southern states.
c) many slaves escaped on the Underground Railroad.
d) fugitive slaves had to be returned to their owners.

Which conclusion could be drawn based on the description of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a) Women in Nebraska were able to vote.
b) Abolitionists were pleased with the law.
c) Kansas entered the union as a slave state.
d) The territory was north of the 36°30' line.

Which words BEST apply to the situation described in the last paragraph of the Upsetting the Balance reading?
a) electoral college
b) popular sovereignty
c) women's suffrage
d) patent pending

What conclusion can be drawn based on information in the Bleeding Kansas map and passage?
a) Anti-slavery groups had a strong hold on Nebraska.
b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act was intended to spark violence.
c) Missouri was a slave state north of the 36°30' line.
d) Pro-slavery forces attacked Kansas from bases in Nebraska.

Which statement would NOT explain why Kansas, rather than Nebraska, became a battleground in the 1850's?
a) Kansas shared a border with Missouri.
b) It was located north of the 36°30' line.
c) The Kansas sovereignty vote was unclear.
d) Most people in Nebraska opposed slavery.

The situation in Bleeding Kansas could BEST be described as a/an
a) civil war.
b) opportunity
c) argument
d) war protest

Which definition fits the use of the word discord in the first paragraph of the Election of 1860 reading?
a) disagreement and strife
b) lacking musical harmony
c) unpleasant union of notes
d) harsh or unpleasant noises

According to the graph, approximately what percentage of the popular vote did the Southern Democratic candidate receive in the 1860 election?
a) 12%
b) 18%
c) 24%
d) 30%

Which sentence of the Election of 1860 reading summarizes the author's view of why Lincoln won the presidency?
a) The 1850's was a decade of violence and discord.
b) Lincoln won the votes of most Southern Democrats.
c) Democrat's votes were split by disunity in the party.
d) The Democratic Party had been popular for too long.

According to the graph, John Bell would have been ________ as a _______ candidate.
a) elected ... Democratic
b) viewed ... compromise
c) defeated ... Unionist
d) weakened ... pro-slave

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