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Chapter 14 Practice Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. What impact did the Wilmot Proviso have on life in America?
a. It angered the southern states so much so that they decided to secede from the Union and
form their own nation.
b. It started a debate between the North and the South that showed a growing sectionalism in
the United States.
c. It ended the conflicts between the North and the South over the issue of slavery in the
territories.
d. It exposed the divisions between the North and the South over the issue of abortion for the
first time.
2. How did the outcome of the Mexican War lead to the proposal of the Wilmot Proviso?
a. The U.S. was suffering after the war with Mexico and the Wilmot Proviso provided ideas
on how to improve the economy.
b. The U.S. received money from the war and the Wilmot Proviso proposed a way to divide
the cash.
c. The U.S. won the war with Mexico and the Wilmot Proviso was written to help improve
U.S. relations with Mexico after the war.
d. The U.S. gained territory from the war and the Wilmot Proviso proposed a way to settle
the dispute over slavery in the territory.
3. The Wilmot Proviso led to the introduction of the idea of popular sovereignty. How did the idea of popular
sovereignty affect slavery in the United States?
a. It stated that slavery should not be permitted in lands that were not official states.
b. It stated that states or territories had the power to decide whether to permit slavery.
c. It declared that slavery was unjust and should not be permitted anywhere in the U.S.
d. It declared that the federal government should make decisions about slavery in the U.S.
4. What was the main reason that most northerners were opposed to the new Fugitive Slave Act created by the
Compromise of 1850?
a. They felt it would endanger their way of life since a large number of fugitive slaves lived
in the North.
b. They felt it would encourage slaves to resort to rebellion and violence to protest the new
law.
c. They felt it gave commissioners too much power and was unfair to slaves by giving them
a trial without a jury.
d. They felt it would end the progress that the antislavery movement had made in America.
5. What was the significance of the Compromise of 1850?
a. It illustrated that the issue of slavery was becoming less important.
b. It lessened the divisions between North and South.
c. It destroyed the economic benefits of the slave trade in all parts of the nation.
d. It ended the balance between free and slave states in the Union.
6. Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger many southerners?
a. They thought that Stowe’s novel would outsell novels by southern authors.
b. They felt that Stowe’s novel would inspire people to join the anti-slavery movement.
c. They were angered by the negative description that Stowe gave of slaves.
d. They believed that the novel gave an accurate portrayal of southern life.
7. The Kansas-Nebraska Act did all of the following, except what?
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a. Maintain the balance of slave and free states in the Union.
b. Divide the Louisiana Purchase into two territories.
c. Allow popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue in the Louisiana Purchase.
d. Lift the restriction on slavery made under the Missouri Compromise.
Which of these was an effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a. It prohibited the practice of slavery in the territories once and for all.
b. It brought the slavery issue between the North and South back into the spotlight.
c. It reinforced ideas that had been introduced in the Missouri Compromise.
d. It declared the conditions of the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional.
Which of the following issues most greatly influenced the election of 1852?
a. westward growth of the U.S.
b. economic policy in the U.S.
c. the growth of the cotton industry in the U.S.
d. the expansion of slavery in the U.S.
Which of these was a result of the Pottawatomie Massacre?
a. Kansas’ citizens began a mass migration to northern states.
b. Kansas collapsed into a civil war and many citizens were killed.
c. Kansas’ government was no longer divided over the issue of slavery.
d. Kansas was declared a free state by the federal government.
Lawrence Kansas was burned by...
a. hostile indians.
b. The women’s Christian Temperance Union led by Carrie Nation.
c. rabid abolitionists led by John Brown.
d. a posse of pro-slavery vigilantes.
What issue did the Republican Party rally around in 1854?
a. global warming.
b. the spread of slavery in the West.
c. harsh treatment of Native Americans.
d. the unchecked flood of immigrants.
The decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford said...
a. slaves are property and as such have no legal rights.
b. only Congress can regulate interstate trade.
c. The Bank of The United States is Constitutional.
d. The State of Georgia cannot make a treaty with the Cherokee nation.
The purpose of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was for Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas to
a. announce their candidacies for Senator of Illinois and gain the support of voters.
b. spread the importance of the antislavery movement to the state of Illinois.
c. gain supporters for the newly formed Republican Party in the U.S.
d. fight for the rights of African American slaves in the U.S.
What changes occurred to political parties in the United States after the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed?
a. The Whig Party gained strength and worked to spread slavery throughout the U.S.
b. The Republican Party was formed and united against the spread of slavery to the West.
c. The Democratic Party lost the presidential election because of its support for the KansasNebraska Act.
d. The Know-Nothing Party lost support after it failed to stop the passage of the KansasNebraska Act.
Why did John Brown lead an armed resistance in Virginia in 1859?
a. to steal weapons and bring them to local slaves
b. to fight the work of antislavery supporters in Virginia
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c. to control the slaves that had escaped in Virginia
d. to show his anger over the Dred Scott decision
Why did John Brown’s raid lead some southerners to begin to consider seceding from the Union?
a. They thought that the raid would increase southern support for the antislavery movement.
b. They feared that the slaves in the South would take a cue from the raid and lead their own
attack.
c. They thought that the federal government would soon declare slavery illegal in the South.
d. They feared for the safety of the South and thought another attack from the North might
occur.
Which of these best describes John Brown in his attack on Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
a. organized
c. fearful
b. determined
d. victorious
In Lincoln’s inaugural speech in 1861, he tried to convince the South that
a. he would make the needs of the South his priority.
b. the government would not start a war with the seceded states.
c. the government would not try to take Fort Sumter from the South.
d. he was actually a strong supporter of slavery.
Which of these expresses the reason why the Democratic Party was not a strong force in the election of 1860?
a. Many members of the Democratic Party decided to vote for a candidate that was not in
their party.
b. The Democrats were a relatively new political party and had not yet gained enough
support.
c. Many southerners in the Democratic Party became abolitionists and supported other
parties.
d. The Democrats could not agree on a single candidate so their votes were divided between
two candidates.
____ 21. Why did southerners oppose the entry of California into the Union as a free state?
a. The balance between slave and free states would be upset.
b. The California gold rush had caused rapid population growth.
c. Most Californians did not approve of organized religion.
d. Most Californians supported John Brown.
____ 22. The term for favoring the interests of one region over the interests of the entire country is called
a. populism.
c. sectionalism.
b. communism.
d. socialism.
____ 23. Which of the following was not part of the Fugitive Slave Act?
a. Fugitive slaves could testify on their own behalf.
b. People who hid or helped runaway slaves would be fined.
c. Commissioners earned more money by returning fugitives than rejecting slaveholders’
claims.
d. Slaveholders could use testimony from white witnesses.
PRACTICING SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS
Study the list below and answer the questions that follow.
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The Compromise of 1850
California to enter the Union as a free state.
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The rest of the Mexican Cession to be divided into two federal territories, where popular sovereignty
will decide on the issue of slavery.
Texas to give up land east of the upper Rio Grande. In return, the federal government will pay Texas's
debts from when it was an independent republic.
The slave trade to end in the nation's capital.
A more effective fugitive slave law to be passed.
____ 24. According to the Compromise of 1850, which state would enter the Union as a free state?
a. New Mexico
c. Kansas
b. California
d. Texas
Completion
Complete each statement.
25. In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln won despite not having won a single ____________________ state.
(southern/western)
26. The novel ,____________________ ,helped educate northerners about slavery.
27. The issue of slavery in the West was the key issue of the ____________________ debates.
28. President James Buchanan ____________________ the secession of the southern states.
(opposed/supported)
Matching
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or place that matches each description. Some answers will
not be used.
a. Abraham Lincoln
h. Kansas-Nebraska Act
b. Constitutional Union Party
i. McCulloch v. Maryland
c. Dred Scott v. Sandford
j. Republican Party
d. Freeport Doctrine
k. Roger B. Taney
e. Henry Clay
l. Whig Party
f. James Buchanan
m. Wilmot Proviso
g. Jefferson Davis
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Proposal that called for a ban on slavery and involuntary servitude in all parts of the Mexican Cession
Senator who proposed both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
His election angered southerners and led southern states to withdraw from the Union
Political party that fell apart when northern and southern members disagreed about the Kansas-Nebraska issue
Stephen Douglas's idea that the police would enforce the voter's decision regarding slavery even if it
contradicted the Dred Scott ruling