8th grade chapt 14

Which of the following were reasons that led the South towards Civil War? (Select all that apply)

• economy based on agriculture

• feared ending slavery would cripple their economy

• didn't want the north to interfere in how they govern

• had a lot of manufacturing

Henry Clay ran in which presidential elections?

• 1824, 1832, and 1844

• 1824 and 1828

• 1832 and 1836

• 1836, 1840, and 1844

Henry Clay ended up working in the Senate for how many terms?

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 2

How did Henry David Thoreau believe people should deal with unjust laws?

• move to where the laws are better

• follow them

• break them

• protest

How did most Northerners react to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• it increased their opposition to slavery

• it made them frightened

• it made them change their minds about slavery

• it made them vote for changes

The Supreme Court's ruling in Scott v Sandford

• was a popular decision throughout the nation

• received almost no support in the South

• was overturned by presidential veto

• outraged opponents of slavery

The South was mostly pleased by the Dred Scott decision because the Supreme Court ruled that

• Dred Scott could own slaves

• Dred Scott must be freed

• restricting slavery was unconstitutional

• human beings were not property

True or False: The Missouri Compromise preserved the balance between slave states and free states.

• True

• False

In the Dred Scott trial, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney referred to Dred Scott and his family as what?

• criminals

• property

• free African Americans

• immigrants

Who believed that neither Congress nor local governments had the authority to ban slavery from a territory?

• John C. Calhoun

• Henry Clay

• Zachary Taylor

• Daniel Webster