Test 2 Review

During the early 1800s, abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Tubman, the Grimke Sisters, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown worked to end slavery. What effect did their efforts have on the growing divide between the North and the South?

• They deepened sectional tensions because Southerners saw their actions as threats to slavery.

• They reduced sectional tensions by improving life for all Americans.

• They increased unity in the North because people believed they were helping plantation owners.

• They decreased sectionalism since both regions worked together to oppose them.

How did the idea of Manifest Destiny deepen divisions within the United States?

• Forcing Native Americans off their land weakened the South’s economy.

• Expansion into western territories created arguments over whether slavery should spread.

• Northern states were left out of projects like roads and canals.

• Neither North nor South had much interest in settling the West.

The Compromise of 1850 introduced popular sovereignty in certain areas. What did this allow?

• Citizens would vote on whether the state would allow or ban slavery.

• Each state could decide if it wanted to leave the Union.

• States could set their own immigration rules.

• Residents would vote on whether to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.

What was the main purpose behind creating the Missouri Compromise?

• A) To choose which crops would be farmed in the western territories.

• B) To maintain the balance of power between free and slave states.

• C) To establish trade agreements with Native American tribes.

• D) To determine the official language of the United States.

When Lincoln gave his address, what was his central goal?

• To bring an end to the rebellion.

• To keep the Union together.

• To enlarge the nation’s territory.

• To step down without conflict.

What position did Abraham Lincoln take on slavery during his 1860 campaign for president?

• He fully opposed slavery and wanted it abolished everywhere.

• He strongly defended the continuation of slavery.

• He opposed the spread of slavery into new western territories.

• He supported ending slavery by resettling freed people in Africa.

What effect did the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on the United States?

• It reduced tensions by encouraging sympathy for southern farmers.

• It increased support for abolition by showing the harsh reality of slavery.

• It strengthened pro-slavery views by portraying enslavers as kind caretakers.

• It stirred emotions and shifted public opinion toward the anti-slavery cause.

Why did many South Carolinians support secession from the Union?

• They wanted to follow the lead of other Southern states.

• They feared Lincoln’s presidency would threaten the institution of slavery.

• They wanted to address the needs of residents in the Upcountry region.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed before the Civil War. What policy did it establish?

• It outlawed the slave trade in Washington, D.C., and changed the Fugitive Slave Act.

• It continued the tradition of compromises that kept the balance between free and slave states.

• It allowed settlers to vote on whether slavery would be legal in their territories.

• It resolved a boundary conflict between Texas and New Mexico.

Whose economic ideas helped encourage the growth of the North and West?

• Henry Clay, who promoted the American System.

• Andrew Jackson, who opposed the national bank.

• John C. Calhoun, who fought against tariffs.

• Henry David Thoreau, who was skeptical of business and trade.