Pre Test 15 With Answers

Pre Test 15
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. The Wilmot Proviso was an idea proposed to Congress to

a. prohibit slavery in all parts of the Mexican Cession.
b. reinstate slavery in the northern states.
c. allow slaves to be counted in the population of a state.
d. increase and improve the rights given to slaves.
____ 2. The Wilmot Proviso spurred a debate that showed growing sectionalism, which refers to
a. attempts to outline electoral districts based on religion.
b. taking advantage of loopholes in state and federal laws.
c. paying attention to just one part of a problem.
d. favoring the interests of a region over those of the country.
____ 3. How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the United States?
a. Slavery would not be permitted in unofficial states.
b. States or territories would decide whether to permit slavery.
c. Slavery would not be permitted anywhere in the country.
d. The federal government would have the last word on slavery.
____ 4. Why did members of the Free-Soil Party support the abolition of slavery?
a. so slaves could own the farms where they were working
b. for fear that slave labor would have taken white workers’ jobs
c. to damage the economy of the South so that the North’s would improve
d. to gain power within the Democratic Party
____ 5. What was Senator Henry Clay’s contribution in the Compromise of 1850?
a. calling for the end of slavery in the southern states
b. proposing a ban of slavery in the Mexican Cession
c. asking that the slave states be able to secede from the Union
d. proposing that California enter the Union as a free state
____ 6. What was a consequence of the Compromise of 1850?

a. The federal government was losing power over the states.
b. Divisions between North and South became more distinct.
c. Economic benefits of the slave trade were destroyed in all parts of the nation.
d. The balance between free and slave states ended in the Union.
____ 7. What was the position of South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun in the debate for the Compromise
of 1850?
a. Slave states should separate peacefully from the Union.
b. Slavery should end in the nation’s capital.
c. The federal government should ban the slave trade.
d. California should enter the Union as a free state.
____ 8. Most northerners opposed the Fugitive Slave Act because it
a. endangered their way of life since a large number of fugitive slaves lived in the
North.
b. encouraged slaves to resort to rebellion and violence to protest the new law.
c. gave commissioners too much power and should have allowed slaves the right to
jury trials.
d. ended the progress that the antislavery movement had made in the South.
____ 9. Which of the following statements about the Fugitive Slave Act is true?
a. The law permitted fugitives to testify on their own behalf.
b. People who helped runaways often served as defense witnesses.
c. Commissioners benefited from returning slaves to slaveholders.
d. Enforcement of the law began ten years after it was passed.
____ 10. Why was the case of Anthony Burns significant?

a. It marked the end of the Fugitive Slave Act.
b. It was the first case of a fugitive being declared free.
c. It led to a harsher version of the Fugitive Slave Act.
d. It persuaded many to join the abolitionist cause.
____ 11. Which was an aspect of the Fugitive Slave Act that horrified northerners?
a. Many free African Americans were fleeing northern industries for Canada.
b. Some free African Americans had been captured and sent to the South.
c. Many fugitive slaves from the South were pouring into northern cities.
d. Some abolitionists were using violence to get across a message of freedom.
____ 12. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a/an

a. novel.
b. autobiography.
c. journalistic account.
d. political pamphlet.
____ 13. What did Harriet Beecher Stowe do to influence the debate over slavery?
a. pushed for the start of the Civil War
b. exposed the harsh reality of slave life
c. accused the federal government of obeying the southern states
d. attacked political figures who supported slavery in the South
____ 14. What helped inspire Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
a. reading about the debates over the Compromise of 1850
b. listening to the stories of fugitive slaves she met in Ohio
c. witnessing slaveholder Simon Legree beat a slave to death
d. meeting the abolitionist southern writer Louisa McCord
____ 15. Southern Democrats trusted Franklin Pierce to represent their party in the election of 1852 because
he
a. disagreed with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
b. believed that slavery should extend into the northern states.
c. promised to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.
d. wanted to expand slavery to the western territories.
____ 16. Study the maps below and answer the question that follows.
According to the maps, which of the following is true?

a. The number of slave states diminished between 1820 and 1850.
b. There were many new slave territories after the Compromise of 1850.
c. After 1850, the northwestern part of the nation was all free territories.
d. By 1850, all unorganized territories had been divided among free states.
____ 17. Why did the Whigs pass over President Millard Fillmore when choosing their candidate for the
election of 1852?
a. His strict enforcement of fugitive slave laws would cost votes.
b. He would not get very many northern votes.
c. His strong support of the abolition movement would hurt the party.
d. His performance was worthy of impeachment.
____ 18. Introduced in 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act

a. maintained the balance of slave and free states in the Union.
b. divided the Louisiana Purchase into two territories.
c. let the federal government decide on slavery in the Louisiana Purchase.
d. reinforced the restriction placed on slavery by the Missouri Compromise.
____ 19. The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the

a. prohibition of the practice of slavery in the territories.
b. return of the slavery issue between the North and South.
c. reinforcement of ideas introduced in the Missouri Compromise.
d. declaration of the Fugitive Slave Act as unconstitutional.
____ 20. Which of these was a result of the Pottawatomie Massacre?
a. Kansas’s citizens began a mass migration to northern states.
b. Kansas collapsed into a civil war and many citizens were killed.
c. Kansas’s government was no longer divided over the issue of slavery.
d. Kansas was declared a free state by the federal government.
____ 21. Which of the following contributed to the Sack of Lawrence?

a. The government began to question slaveholders’ rights.
b. Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner in the Senate.
c. The pro-slavery grand jury charged the antislavery government with treason.
d. The antislavery government in Kansas declared slavery illegal in the state.
____ 22. On the night of May 24, 1856, five pro-slavery men were killed in Kansas. What is this event called?
a. the Pottawatomie Massacre
b. Brown’s Raid
c. the Sack of Lawrence
d. Shays’s Rebellion
____ 23. Democrats nominated James Buchanan to run in the 1856 presidential election because he was
a. well-liked by abolitionists.
b. Stephen Douglas’s Vice President.
c. politically inexperienced, but stood for slavery.
d. not involved in the Kansas-Nebraska debate.
____ 24. What changes occurred to political parties in the United States after the Kansas-Nebraska Act was
passed?
a. The Whig Party unified.
b. The Republican Party formed.
c. The Democratic Party lost the election.
d. The Know-Nothing Party lost support.
____ 25. In 1854 the Republican Party rallied around the

a. enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
b. spread of slavery in the West.
c. idea of popular sovereignty in U.S. territories.
d. support of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
____ 26. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford established that
a. slaves were not allowed to accuse slaveholders.
b. the Missouri Compromise’s restriction on slavery was unconstitutional.
c. establishing a residence on free soil makes a slave free.
d. Congress had the legal power to ban slavery in federal territories.
____ 27. Why were Republicans angered by the Dred Scott decision?
a. The Supreme Court ruled that Congress did not have the power to ban slavery.
b. The Supreme Court had shifted the balance of power to the states.
c. Dred Scott had been denied due process of law.
d. Slaves were declared the social and political equals of white citizens.
____ 28. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney argued in 1857 that Congress could not prohibit someone from taking
slaves into a federal territory because
a. slaves were not citizens of the United States.
b. federal territories could not rule against slavery.
c. slave trade was still allowed in every state.
d. slaves were property, and property was defended by law.
____ 29. In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Abraham Lincoln accused Democrats of wanting to
a. overturn the Dred Scott decision.
b. spread slavery in the West.
c. reestablish slavery in the North.
d. form their own separate nation.
____ 30. What did the Freeport Doctrine, proposed by Stephen Douglas, state?
a. Slaves should be given the same rights as white citizens.
b. The decision to ban slavery in the territories was Congress’ responsibility.
c. Slaves living in slave states should be given their freedom.
d. The decision to practice slavery in the territories belonged to the people.
____ 31. In leading an armed resistance in Virginia in 1859 John Brown was attempting to
a. steal weapons and bring them to local slaves.
b. fight the work of antislavery supporters in Virginia.
c. control the slaves that had escaped in Virginia.
d. show his anger over the Dred Scott decision.
____ 32. What did southerners fear after John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry?
a. The raid would increase southern support for the antislavery movement.
b. The slaves in the South would take a cue from the raid and lead their own attack.
c. The federal government would soon declare slavery illegal in the South.
d. The safety of the South was in jeopardy, and another attack from the North might
occur.
____ 33. John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry do to affected life in the United States by
a. resolving the issue of slavery in the territories of the United States.
b. sparking a number of antislavery raids in the South.
c. strengthening the pro-slavery movement in the United States.
d. heightening the conflicts between slave and free states.
____ 34. What was the significance of the election of 1860?

a. It brought to light the divisions that existed in the United States over slavery.
b. It exposed the corruption of the electoral college in the election process.
c. It showed that the South was losing its political power in the nation.
d. It illustrated that a candidate did not have to carry a state to win.
____ 35. Which of the following statements best 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 Republican
candidate.
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.
____ 36. Which statement best expresses the reason why the southern states decided to secede from the Union
after the election of 1860?
a. The southern economy and way of life would be destroyed.
b. Slaves would begin an uprising if the states did not secede.
c. Seceding from the Union would end the possibility of war.
d. Secession would end the conflicts between northern states over slavery.
____ 37. Newly elected President Lincoln affirmed that

a. the constitution of the Confederacy was illegal.
b. seceding states would be punished with force.
c. citizens have the right to overthrow the government.
d. the seceding states had to give back federal property.
____ 38. When Lincoln was elected in 1860, he stated that the government would
a. make the needs of the South its priority.
b. not start a war with the southern states.
c. not ban slavery in the South.
d. compromise about the extension of slavery.
Pre Test 15
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: A PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.1

STA: Academic: 8.1.16 | Academic: 8.1.18 | Academic: 8.1.21 | Core: 8.1B | Core: 8.1C
BNK: Chapter 15: A Divided Nation
2. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.1
3. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.1
4. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.1
5. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.2
STA: Academic: 8.1.16 | Academic: 8.1.18 | Academic: 8.1.20 | Academic: 8.1.21 | Academic: 8.1.25 | Core:
8.1B | Core: 8.1C BNK: Chapter 15: A Divided Nation
6. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.2
7. ANS: A PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.2
8. ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.3
STA: Academic: 8.1.16 | Academic: 8.1.18 | Academic: 8.1.21 | Core: 8.1C
9. ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.3
10. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.3
11. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.3
12. ANS: A PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.4
8.1C BNK: Chapter 15: A Divided Nation
13. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.4
14. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.4
15. ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.2.1
16. ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.2.1
17. ANS: A PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.2.1
18. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.2.2
STA: Academic: 8.1.16 | Academic: 8.1.18 | Academic: 8.1.21 | Academic: 8.1.25 | Core: 8.1B | Core: 8.1c
19. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.2.2
20. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.2.3
21. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.2.3
22. ANS: A PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.2.3
23. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.3.1
STA: Academic: 8.1.16 | Academic: 8.1.18 | Academic: 8.1.21 | Academic: 8.1.25 | Core: 8.1C
24. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.3.1
25. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.3.1
26. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.3.2
27. ANS: A PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.3.2
28. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.3.2
29. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.3.3
30. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.3.3
31. ANS: A PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.4.1
32. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.4.1
33. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.4.1
34. ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.4.2
35. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.4.2
36. ANS: A PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.4.3
37. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.4.3
38. ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.4.3

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____ 1. The Wilmot Proviso was an idea proposed to Congress to

____ 6. What was a consequence of the Compromise of 1850?

____ 10. Why was the case of Anthony Burns significant?

____ 12. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a/an

According to the maps, which of the following is true?

____ 18. Introduced in 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act

____ 19. The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the

____ 21. Which of the following contributed to the Sack of Lawrence?

____ 25. In 1854 the Republican Party rallied around the

____ 34. What was the significance of the election of 1860?

____ 37. Newly elected President Lincoln affirmed that

1. ANS: A PTS: 1 OBJ: 15.1.1

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