Checkpoint 19

Which statement accurately describes the scene shown in the political cartoon?

• Representative Preston Brooks attacks Senator Charles Sumner because Charles Sumner insulted other senators for supporting the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner because Sumner refused to support the abolitionist cause.

• Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner because Sumner insulted other senators who supprted the Dred Scot v Sandford decision

What was the effect of Preston Brook's attack on Charles Sumner?

• Increased tensions between the North and South

• Decreased tensions between the North and South

• Increased tensions between states and terrritories

• decreased tensions between states and territories

Who supported Preston Brooks after he attacked Charles Sumner in the Senate?

• Southerns who thought he defended the dignity of the South

• Abolitionists who praised him for fighting against slavery.

Who supported Charles Sumner after he protested the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Southerners who thought he defended the dignity of the South

• Abolitionists who praised him for fighting against slavery.

Who led a raid on a government weapons storehouse in Harper's Ferry in 1859?

• Charles Sumner

• Preston Brooks

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

Why was the raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859 significant in the road to the Civil War (choose 2)

• The raid further divided the North and South

• Abolitionists showed their willingness to use force to end slavery.

• The South showed their willingness to go to war to protect slavery.

• Slaves now had weapons to help them fight for their freedom.

What did the Supreme Court decide in Dred Scott v Sandford? (choose 2)

• African Americans are not citizens

• Outlawing slavery in a territory is unconstitutional.

• The national government can prohibit the expanse of slavery in new territories

• African Americans who live in free states are free

• Slavery is unconstitutional.

The South _______ the decision in Dred Scott v Sandford

• Disliked

• Supported

The decision in Dred Scott v Sandford made the North ______

• Angry

• Happy

Sectionalism _________ as a result of the decision in Dred Scott v Sandford

• Increased

• Decreased