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Name: ____________________________________________
1)
What does the term "popular sovereignty" mean?
2)
What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854?
3)
What was the decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott trial?
4)
Under the Missouri Compromise, which of the following occurred when Missouri was admitted as a slave state?
5)
What was a reason for the creation of the Compromise of 1850?
6)
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
7)
What group benefited from the Fugitive Slave Law?
8)
Which of the following was a goal of the Republican Party?
9)
What Republican candidate was elected president in 1860?
10)
As a result of Abraham Lincoln's election as president in 1860, several Southern states called for
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11)
What were the members of anti-slavery groups commonly called?
12)
Why did John Brown attack the arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
13)
What event signaled the beginning of the Civil War?
14)
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
‡‡Abraham Lincoln's speech, 1858
What did Abraham Lincoln mean when he called the United States a "house divided"?
15)
The term Bleeding Kansas was an example of popular sovereignty. What happened in Kansas that earned it this
nickname?
Questions 16 through 18 refer to the following:
Indicate whether the given statement is true or false by circling the answer.
16)
The Missouri Compromise was mainly designed to keep the number of slave and free states equal.
TRUE FALSE
17)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was based on the principle of popular sovereignty.
18)
Many non-slave-owners in the South continued to support slavery because they believed that the Southern
economy was dependent on slavery. TRUE FALSE
TRUE FALSE
Questions 19 through 23 refer to the following:
Indicate the name of the person that is best described by the given autobiographical sketch.
19)
I was a United States senator from Kentucky and a member of the "War Hawks". I used my negotiating abilities
to bring about the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. I have often been called the "Great
Compromiser". Who am I?
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20)
I escaped from slavery and led a movement to help others do the same. As conductor of the Underground
Railroad, I was often called Moses. Who am I?
21)
Although I was not a politician, I helped start the Civil War through my novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. My book
emphasized the cruelty of slavery. Who am I?
22)
I was a slave who was taken into free territory and back. I sued for my freedom, arguing that I became free once
I went to the free state. I lost my case in the Supreme Court. Who am I?
23)
I was an escaped slave who became a prominent abolitionist. Despite my lack of education, I was an eloquent
public speaker and wrote the North Star. Who am I?
24)
How does the map illustrate the idea of sectionalism?