US History - 7.2 Quiz

Dred Scott was famous for ___________.

• being sued by someone else

• suing for his freedom

• being in the military

• being a famous doctor

What territory saw a Civil War break out over the issue of free/slave state?

• Missouri

• Kansas

• California

• Nebraska

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act how was the issue of slavery in those territories decided?

• By a vote of the people there

• By congress

• By the Supreme Court

• By the President

The principle of popular sovereignty is best demonstrated in

• • the political bipartisanship needed to pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• • the ability of abolitionists to hold public protests advocating for an end to slavery.

• • the proposal that the Nebraska Territory would decide for itself whether to allow slavery.

• the right of enslaved people such as Dred Scott to petition the court for their freedom.

Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery was based on the idea that

• • the Constitution sets up the principle of popular sovereignty.

• • enslaved persons are not American citizens.

• • natural rights and property rights must be treated separately.

• African Americans had the same natural rights as white Americans.

Fighting broke out in Kansas in 1856 because

• • both abolitionists and pro-slavery settlers wanted to control the state government.

• • the federal government had demanded that the state be established as a free state.

• • settlers to the state had not yet established any governing body.

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act failed to specify how Kansas would be governed.

How did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• (select all that apply)

• • Enslaved people could not sue in court because they were not recognized as citizens.

• • Slave owners were prohibited from selling slaves to plantations in other states.

• • Enslaved people were not bound to their owner so long as they remained in a free state or territory.

• Congress could not deny people their property, so laws like the Missouri Compromise were unconstitutional

John Brown was so committed to the antislavery and abolitionist that he believed the slavery crisis in the United States could only be resolved

• • with the moral arguments of religious advocates.

• • through the use of physical force.

• • by educating the public about its dangers.

• within the framework of the nation's legal system.

Sort the following characteristics & beliefs according to whether they apply to Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, or both

Groups:

(a) Abraham Lincoln

,

(b) Stephen Douglas

,

(c) Both

• Democrat

• Believed territories would choose to be free if allowed popular sovereignty

• Didn't want to interfere with slavery in states where it already existed

• Republican

• Against popular sovereignty & expansion of slavery

• Believed Constitution allowed slavery, especially since some early founders were enslavers

• Helped create the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Believed only the federal government should have the power to affect the expansion of slavery

• Slavery was morally wrong & violated founding principles

• Slavery crisis had to be resolved within the framework of the nation’s laws

• Didn't believe in political and social equality of the races

• Endorsed popular sovereignty

What do the Whig Party and the American (Know-Nothing) party have in common?

• Both were extremely anti-immigrant

• Both dissolved because each party couldn't establish a unified position on slavery

• Both disagreed with the Dred Scott decision

• Both turned into the Free Soil Party