APUSH Ch 17 Review

The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following? (Select all that apply)

• Admitted Texas to the Union as a slave state.

• Admitted California to the Union

• Prohibited slavery in the District of Columbia.

• Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law.

• Prohibited the slave trade in the District of Columbia.

Which of the following would most likely have opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• A Missouri slaveholder

• Stephen Douglas

• A midwestern investor in a Pacific-to-Chicago railroad line

• A Southern supporter of popular sovereignty

• A New England abolitionist

The 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act instituted popular sovereignty to:

• prohibit slavery above Missouri’s southern border

• assure that Congress had a constitutional right to establish or abolish slavery in new territories

• allow people living in a territory to determine whether slavery should be permitted there

• admit Kansas as a slave state and Nebraska as a free state

• allow towns to decide the issue of slavery on a case-by-case basis.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was most similar in intent to which of the following earlier legislative initiatives?

• The Missouri Compromise in 1820

• The forced removal of American Indians

• The funding of internal improvements under the American System

• The annexation of Texas in 1836

Which of the following best describes the position on slavery of most northerners during the sectional crises of the 1850s?

• They were willing to accept slavery where it existed but opposed further expansion to the territories.

• They were active supporters of complete abolition.

• They favored continued importation of slaves from Africa.

• They advocated expansion of the slave system to provide cheap labor for northern factories.

• They advocated complete social and political equality for all races in the United States.

Which of the following best serves as evidence for the claim that “our Republican fathers . . . had abolished slavery in all our national territory”?

• The ban on the trans-Atlantic slave trade implemented in 1808

• The relationship of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to slavery

• The provisions of the Northwest Ordinance regarding slavery

• The agreement to count three-fifths of enslaved people for representation in Congress.

Which of the following provisions of the Compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy in the 1850’s?

• The admission of California as a free state

• The establishment of territorial governments in New Mexico and Utah without restrictions on slavery

• The abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• The enactment of a stricter Fugitive Slave Law

Which of the following states the principle of “popular sovereignty?”

• Congress has the right to decide where slavery shall and shall not exist.

• The settlers in a given territory have the sole right to decide whether or not slavery will be permitted there.

• Individual citizens can decide for themselves whether or not to hold slaves.

• The American people shall decide where slavery will exist through a national plebiscite.

• Individual states have the right to reject congressional decisions pertaining to slavery.

What was the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• It strengthened the abolitionist movement in the North.

• It led to the immediate end of slavery in the United States.

• It was widely accepted and supported by all states.

• It had no significant impact on the tensions between the North and South.

What was the influence of 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin' ?

• It further polarized and split the sectional divide

• It had no significant influence during this period.

• It led to a major film adaptation.

• It was banned in several countries.