Ch. 15 Test - Pre-Civil War

Which states were included in the Mexican Cession?

• Nevada
• California
• New Mexico
• Arizona
• Colorado

The ______________ would prohibit slavery in the New Mexican Cession, but it was rejected.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Wilmot Proviso
• Polk Law

The Fugitive Slave Act made it a crime to help ________________ and allowed officials to ______________

• Free African Americans / arrest runaways in free areas
• Runaway Slaves / arrest runaways in free areas
• Free African Americans / kidnap African Americans free or not
• Runaway Slaves, kidnap African Americans free or not

__________________ was a Democratic candidate from New Hampshire and promised to honor the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act.

• Winfield Scott
• James Buchanan
• James K. Polk
• Franklin Pierce

The Kansas-Nebraska Act established which of the following:

• divided the remainder of Louisiana Purchase into two territories
• eliminated the Missouri Compromise’s restriction on slavery north of the 36°30’ line
• turned free states into slave states
• allowed Abraham Lincoln to win the 1860 election

"Bushwackers" from which state crossed into Kansas to vote for slavery?

• Nebraska
• Texas
• Missouri
• Illinois

Which events took place in Bleeding Kansas?

• Over 800 Missouri Bushwackers rode to Lawrence, burned the city and killed men and boys
• Congress created a wall within Kansas to divide the line of slavery
• Congress saw violent outbursts as a senator was caned by a pro-slavery man
• Kansas collapsed into civil war

Dred Scott was taken to free territory after being a slave, arguing the "____ ____ , _____ ____" rule. He was not granted his freedom from the Supreme Court.

In the Dred Scott Case, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney said "African Americans, whether free or slave, were not _________, and therefore had no right __________."

• White / to own property
• Citizens / in court
• Citizens / to own property
• White / in court

The decision in the Dred Scott ruling led ___________ to run for U.S. Senate

• James K. Polk
• James Buchanan
• Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen Douglas