History test1/13

Question 1

In which section of early 19th-century America was the plantation system an important feature?

Answer 1

The South

Question 2

What was the primary cause of the “divided house” referred to in this speech

Answer 2

Slavery

Question 3

What influence is clearly reflected in the election results shown on this map

Answer 3

Sectional Differences

Question 4

One reason abolitionists were unpopular with many Northerners from the 1830’s to 1860 was because the abolitionists

Answer 4

Advocated views that increased tensions with the South

Question 5

Which geographic features contributed to the economic development of the plantation system in the South?

Answer 5

Rich soil and warm climate

Question 6

Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act (1854) was criticized by Northern newspapers because it

Answer 6

Repealed the 30 30’ line of the Missouri compromise

Question 7

Between 1820 and 1850, Southern Lawmakers consistently opposed protective tariffs because these tariffs

Answer 7

Increased the cost of imports

Question 8

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 were attempts by the federal government to

Answer 8

Reduce the conflict over slavery

Question 9

Which heading best completes the partial outline below
Disputes over tariff rates
Introduction of slavery into the territories

Answer 9

Causes of Sectionalism

Question 10

Which heading best completes the partial outline below
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850

Answer 10

Rise of sectionalism

Question 11

The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with a provision included in the

Answer 11

Compromise of 1850

Question 12

The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the

Answer 12

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 13

Which Issue is reflected in these headlines
Missouri Compromise allows two new states into the union

Answer 13

Status of slavery in the territories and states

Question 14

Information on the map supports the conclusion that congressional leaders in 1820 and 1821 wanted to

Answer 14

Maintain and equal number of free and slave states

Question 15

the map illustrates the impact on the United States of the

Answer 15

Missouri Compromise

Question 16

Which issue is most closely associated with these headlines
Compromise enables Maine and Missouri to enter the union

Answer 16

Status of slavery in new states

Question 17

Most southern political leaders praised the supreme court decision in Dred scott v sanford (1857) because it

Answer 17

protected the property rights of slave owners in the territories

Question 18

The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. sanford (1857) helped to increase sectional conflict because the decision

Answer 18

denied Congress the power to regulate slavery in the territories

Question 19

Prior to the Civil War, abolitionists reacted to the situation described in the poster by

Answer 19

Supporting the Underground Railroad

Question 20

Which statement about the Missouri Compromise (1820) is most accurate

Answer 20

The balance between free and slave states was maintained

Question 21

In the 1850’s the phrase bleeding Kansas was used to describe clashes between

Answer 21

proslavery and antislavery groups

Question 22

Since the late 1700’s the Mississippi River has been a vital waterway because it

Answer 22

Provided farmers and merchants an outlet to the gulf of Mexico

Question 23

The publication of Uncle Toms Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe contributed to the start of the civil war by

Answer 23

intensifying Northern dislike of slavery

Question 24

Based on the map which statement is a valid conclusion

Answer 24

Railroads were expanding more quickly in the North than the south

Question 25

President Andrew Jackson uses the spoils system to

Answer 25

provide jobs to political party supporters

Question 26

What was a major reason that slavery expanded in the South in the first half of the 1800's

Answer 26

New inventions led to an increase in cotton production

Question 27

According to this quotation, what did Abraham Lincoln believe

Answer 27

Sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union

Question 28

How did bleeding Kansas the Dred Scott decision and John Browns raid on Harpers ferry have similar effects on the United States

Answer 28

made sectional compromise more difficult

Question 29

The election results shown on this map most clearly reflect the influence of

Answer 29

sectional differences

Question 30

Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory

Answer 30

popular sovereignty

Question 31

Which person's action was most closely associated with the abolitionist movement

Answer 31

William Lloyd Garrison

Question 32

What was the primary cause for the divided house referred to in this speech

Answer 32

slavery

Question 33

In the compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 popular sovereignty was proposed as a way to

Answer 33

allow settlers in new territories to vote on the issue of slavery

Question 34

Before the Civil War why did slavery expand further in the South rather than in the North

Answer 34

geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of the large plantations

Question 35

As the united states acquired more lane between1803 and 1850 what was the main controversy over these territories

Answer 35

expansion of slavery`

Question 36

Which argument did president Abraham Lincoln use against the secession of the Southern states

Answer 36

The government was a union of people and not of states