Module 17 Test Review: A Divided Nation

How did the end of the Mexican-American War result in growing sectionalism in the U.S.?

• Leaders debated whether to allow slavery into the territories gained from Mexico.
• Leaders debated where to draw borders for new territories gained from Mexico.
• Leaders debated when to withdraw soldiers from occupied territory in Mexico.
• Leaders debated how much territory to take from Mexico.

What U.S. senator proposed the Compromise of 1850?

• John Calhoun
• Henry Clay
• William Seward
• Daniel Webster

Which of the following were part of the Compromise of 1850? Select the three (3) correct answers.

• The slave trade would end in Washington, D.C.
• California would be admitted to the Union as a free state.
• Popular sovereignty would decide the issue of slavery in the rest of the Mexican Cession.
• Slavery would end in Washington, D.C.
• Texas would be admitted to the Union as a slave state.

What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• to outlaw the Underground Railroad in the South
• to make it easier to catch and return runaway slaves
• to outlaw the slave trade and end slavery eventually
• to make it a crime to help slaves leave plantations in the South.

Which of these actions were illegal under the Fugitive Slave Act? Select the two (2) correct answers.

• hiding or helping runaway slaves
• turning in suspected runaway slaves
• capturing runaway slaves in free states
• runaway slaves testifying on their own behalf
• slave owners testifying against runaway slaves

What was the significance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Northern leaders started supporting the Fugitive Slave Act.
• Southern leaders called for additional slave states.
• Many of its readers joined the Union army.
• Many of its readers became abolitionists.

Why did the Democratic Party choose Franklin Pierce as its candidate in the 1852 presidential election?

• He was a pro-slavery northerner.
• He opposed the Fugitive Slave Act.
• He was an abolitionist southerner.
• He served in the Mexican-American War.

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act alter parts of the Missouri Compromise?

• States north of 36°30’ N latitude would be admitted to the Union as slave states.
• Slavery could be allowed into all territories of the Louisiana Purchase now.
• States south of 36°30’ N latitude would be admitted to the Union as free states.
• Slavery could be allowed into all territories of the Mexican Cession now.

Which of the following describes “Bleeding Kansas”?

• the fighting between pro-slavery and antislavery groups in Kansas
• the voting of pro-slavery Missouri citizens in the Kansas territorial election.
• the fighting between pro-slavery and antislavery senators in Congress over Kansas
• the elections of rival pro-slavery and antislavery territorial governments in Kansas

Over what issue did the Republican Party form in 1854?

• favoring the spread of slavery west
• opposing the spread of slavery west
• keeping immigrants out of public office
• preventing the admission of new states