History Test

Question 1

The Missouri Compromise

Answer 1

In 1820, it allowed slavery in Missouri, but prohibited it in all other territory of the Lousiana Purchase north of 36 degrees latitude

Question 2

Stephen Douglas

Answer 2

Democratics Senator from Illionios

Question 3

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 3

David Wilmot (congressman from pennisylvania) called for a law to ban slavery in any lands won from mexico

Question 4

Mexican – American war

Answer 4

The war we had with Mexico and won Utah, California, and Mexico

Question 5

Compromise of 1850

Answer 5

Allowed California to be free, led to the fugitive slave act, and many territories of New Mexico and Utah open to slavery.

Question 6

Dread Scott case

Answer 6

John Emerson’s wife wated to keep him but Dread Scott thought he was a free man. They went to court and was called a free man. The wife appealed and they said he was a slave. They took it to the Supreme Courts and they ruled in favor of the wife.

Question 7

Lincoln Douglas debate’s

Answer 7

Lincoln challenged to a series of debates. They debated seven times. Slavery was the importint issue.

Question 8

Henry Clay

Answer 8

Senator from Kentucky, he was the “Great compromiser”

Question 9

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 9

Author of Uncle Tom’s cabin

Question 10

John C Calhoun

Answer 10

Demacratic Senator from South Carolina

Question 11

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 11

The terriotories of Kansas and Nebraska would become states and the people living there would vote if there would be slavery there or not

Question 12

John Brown

Answer 12

Was an abolitionist who moved to kansas to make it a free state.

Question 13

Popular sovereignty

Answer 13

Where the people get to vote whether or not slavery would be allowed in that new territory

Question 14

Aboilitionism

Answer 14

People that wanted to completely get rid of slavery

Question 15

Free soilers

Answer 15

People that didn’t want to completely get rid of slavery but just keep it from spreading

Question 16

Sectionalism

Answer 16

Is having loyalty to a state or section rather than the entire country

Question 17

Secession

Answer 17

Many southerners thought they would be outvoted, so maybe they should secede ( remove themselves from the country)

Question 18

Dread Scott

Answer 18

Slave for John Emerson, a surgeon. He married one of the other slaves and had a baby girl.

Question 19

Abraham lincoln

Answer 19

Was a republican who challenged stephen douglas for his seat in the senate. (This was importint bcause most people thought douglas would run for president in 1860)