SSUSH 8 Quiz

Which BEST describes a result of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• A slave had the right to sue for freedom in a federal court.

• A slave was only a citizen after he or she purchased freedom.

• A slave was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner.

• A slave who lived on free soil for any length of time was free.

Historically, the map shown is relevant because it shows

• the effect of the "Northwest Ordinance."

• trails used in the relocation of Native Americans.

• how the United States completed its "Manifest Destiny."

• the migration of people out of the California territory.

How did John Brown contribute to the abolitionist movement?

• John Brown fought on the Union side during the Civil War.

• John Brown led enslaved African Americans through the Underground Railroad.

• John Brown participated in raids against slavery in Harpers Ferry and Kansas.

• John Brown worked with Harriet Tubman to orchestrate the Underground Railroad.

The secession of South Carolina from the Union in 1860 was prompted by

• the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.

• the threat of the Congress to abolish slavery.

• refusal of Congress to pass the Fugitive Slave Law.

• the invasion of South Carolina by Union forces at Ft. Sumter.

The strife in "Bleeding Kansas" was associated with a conflict between _____ and _____.

• slaves and masters

• immigrants and nativists

• Catholics and Protestants

• abolitionists and slavery supporters

Abolitionists often opposed annexation of western territories because they

• feared the addition of antislavery states.

• thought the land was too far away.

• feared the extension of slavery.

• wanted to protect the Indians.

This law, which allowed territories to decide the fate of slavery based on popular sovereignty, unintentionally had the effect of increasing tensions between pro-slavery and antislavery forces as they rushed west and had violent clashes over control of territory. It was the __________.

• Compromise of 1850.

• Fugitive Slave Act.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• Northwest Ordinance.

What did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and "Bleeding Kansas" have in common?

• They were all vetoed by President Abraham Lincoln.

• They helped Abraham Lincoln win the Election of 1860.

• They were permanent solutions to the conflict between the North and South.

• They all dealt with the expansion of slavery into the western territories.

The issues behind the Compromise of 1850 included all of the following EXCEPT

• enforcing of the fugitive Slave Act.

• the ruling in the "Dred Scott" case.

• territorial disputes involving Texas.

• the policy regarding slavery in the territories.

The Wilmot Proviso proposed

• prohibiting slavery in the Mexican Cession lands.

• limiting the president to two terms.

• making slavery legal in all states.

• a treaty with Britain over Oregon.