Chapter 15: A Divided Nation

The Wilmon Proviso was an idea proposed to Congress to

• prohibit slavery in all parts of the Mexican Cession.
• reinstate slavery in the northern states.
• allow slaver to be counted in the population of a state. 
• increase and improve the rights given to slaves.

The Wilmot Proviso spurred a debate that showed growing sectionalism, which refers to

• attempts to outline electoral districts based on religion. 
• taking advantage of loopholes in state and federal laws.
• paying attention to just one problem at a time. 
• favoring the interest of a region of those of the country. 

How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the United States?

• Slavery would not be permitted in unofficial states.
• State or territories would decide whether to permit slavery.
• Slavery would not be permitted anywhere in the country.
• The federal government wold have the last word on slavery. 

What was the consequence of the Compromise of 1850?

• The federal government was losing power over the states.
• Divisions between North and South became more distinct.
• Economic benefits of the slave trade were destroyed in all parts of the Union.
• The balance of free and slave states ended in the Union. 

What was the position of South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun in the debate for the Compromise of 1850?

• Slave states should separate peacefully from the Union.
• Slavery should end in the nation's capital. 
• The federal government should ban the slave trade. 
• California should enter the Union as a free state.

Which famous Civil War Army officer captured John Brown?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• Robert E. Lee
• William T. Sherman

Which of the following statements are true about the Fugitive Slave Act?

• The law permitted fugitives to testify on their own behalf.
• People who helped runaways often served as defense witnesses.
• Commissioners earned more money from returning slaves to slaveholders. 
• Enforcement of the law began ten years after it passed. 

Which was an aspect of the Fugitive Slave Act that horrified Northerners?

• Many free African-Americans were fleeing northern industries for Canada.
• Some free African-Americans had been captured and sent to the South 
• Many fugitive slaves were pouring into northern cities.
• Some abolitionists were using violence to get across a message of freedom. 

Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is a/an

• novel 
• autobiography 
• journalistic account
• political pamphlet

What did Harriet Beecher Stowe do to influence the debate over slavery?

• Push for the start of the Civil War.
• Expose the harsh reality of slavery.
• Accused the federal government of obeying the southern states.
• Attacked political figures who supported slavery in the South.