Road to Secession

What was most the significance of the Missouri Compromise?

• It allowed Missouri to enter the union as a free state

• It settled the Texas border dispute

• It stated that all states below a certain line would be slave states

• It led to the growth of industrial power in the northern states

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What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

• A law that required all runaway slaves to be returned to their masters

• A law that made it legal to aid runaway slaves

• A law that granted accused runaway slaves a trial

• A law that allowed slaves to sue for their freedom

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What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• It angered the north and led to increased opposition to slavery

• It misrepresented slavery and angered the south

• It sold few copies in the first year

• It told the story of a loyal slave who was set free

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Who were the Know-Nothings?

• Nativists

• Anti-Catholics

• Anti-immigrants

• All of the above

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Who won the 1856 presidential election?

• Millard Fillmore

• John C. Frémont

• James Buchanan

• Abraham Lincoln

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What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• An act that organized two new territories: Kansas and Nebraska

• An act that allowed slavery to be determined by popular sovereignty

• An act that led to violence in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups

• All of the above

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What was the outcome of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• Stephen Douglas won re-election to the Senate

• Abraham Lincoln won re-election to the Senate

• The debates led to the passage of the Dred Scott decision

• The debates resulted in a compromise on the issue of slavery

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What was the outcome of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?

• John Brown successfully led a slave uprising

• John Brown was captured, put on trial, and executed

• The raid led to the outbreak of the Civil War

• The raid resulted in a compromise on the issue of slavery

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Who won the 1860 presidential election?

• John Bell

• Stephen A. Douglas

• John C. Breckinridge

• Abraham Lincoln

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What was the Republican Party's platform in 1860?

• Non-extension of slavery

• Protective tariff

• Government aid to build a Pacific RR

• All of the above

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