Chapter 15:
Road to Civil War
1.
To balance Missouri’s admission as a slave state, __________ was admitted as a free state.
a.
California
b.
Maine
c.
Kansas
d.
New Mexico
2.
As part of the Compromise of 1850, __________ was admitted as a free state.
a.
New Mexico
b.
Maine
c.
Oregon
d.
California
3.
As part of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was abolished in __________.
a.
New Mexico
b.
Texas
c.
the District of Columbia
d.
Maryland
4.
The author of
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
was __________.
a.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b.
John Greenleaf Whittier
c.
Stephen A. Douglas
d.
Sarah Grimké
5.
Stephen A. Douglas’s plan to allow each territory to vote on slavery was called __________.
a.
popular choice
b.
territorial sovereignty
c.
popular sovereignty
d.
electoral choice
6.
Many proslavery supporters rushed into Kansas from __________.
a.
Missouri
b.
Louisiana
c.
Arkansas
d.
Nebraska
7.
__________ was an enslaved African American whose suit for freedom reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
a.
Roger Taney
b.
John Frémont
c.
Dred Scott
d.
Millard Fillmore
8.
John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal at __________.
a.
Washington, D.C.
b.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
c.
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
d.
Lawrence, Kansas
9.
In 1860 the Republican candidate for president was __________.
a.
John Bell
b.
John Breckinridge
c.
Stephen A. Douglas
d.
Abraham Lincoln
10.
The first state to secede from the Union was __________.
a.
South Carolina
b.
Alabama
c.
Virginia
d.
Mississippi
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