Quiz on Historical Events and Policies

An issue in the election of 1844 was the annexation of ____.

• California

• Missouri

• Texas

• Kansas

Southerners did not support the Wilmot Proviso because it ________.

• banned secession by any state

• banned slavery in northern states

• banned slavery in all the states

• banned slavery in lands acquired from Mexico

Stephen A. Douglas’s plan to let each territory vote on slavery was called ______.

• popular sovereignty

• territorial sovereignty

• electoral choice

• popular choice

The Free-Soil Party was established in 1848 because ______.

• land prices were becoming too high

• presidential candidates did not address slavery

• Zachary Taylor won the election

• most people were farmers

According to which law could a person be fined or imprisoned for helping a runaway slave?

• Southern Slave Act

• Owners-Right Act

• Runaway Slave Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

Who was the enslaved African American whose suit for freedom reached the U.S. Supreme Court?

• Roger Taney

• Dred Scott

• John Frémont

• Millard Fillmore

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a slave was “property.

• true

• false

Which Senate race was the center of national attention in 1858?

• Kentucky

• Indiana

• Illinois

• Ohio

What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• the presidential campaign

• slavery

• the economy

• war with Mexico

John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal at _____.

• Washington, D.C.

• Lawrence, Kansas

• Fort Sumter, South Carolina

• Harpers Ferry, Virginia