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| Q1.) The Wilmot Proviso was an idea proposed to Congress to | prohibit slavery in all parts of the Mexican Cession. |
| Q2.) What impact did the Wilmot Proviso have on life in America? | It started a debate between the North and the South over the issue of slavery in the territories. |
| Q3.) Which of these was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850? | Vermont would be allowed to enter the Union as a slave state. |
| Q4.) What was the significance of the Compromise of 1850? | It ended the balance between free and slave states in the Union. |
| Q5.) How did John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster differ in their interpretations of the power of the national government? | Calhoun believed that the national government did not have the power to ban slavery, while Webster believed the government did have this power. |
| Q6.) Which of these was an effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | It brought the slavery issue between the North and the South back into the spotlight. |
| Q7.) Which of the following describes "Bleeding Kansas"? | fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces. |
| Q8.) What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision? | It did not give Congress the legal power to ban slavery in all federal territories. |
| Q9.) In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Abraham Lincoln accused Stephen Douglas of wanting to | spread slavery in the West. |
| Q10.) What changes occurred to political parties in the United States after the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed? | The Republican Party was formed and united against the spread of slavery to the West. |
| Q11.) Which statement accurately summarizes Lincoln's thoughts about the future? | The Union will stay together; it will not separate. |
| Q12.) Why did John Brown lead an armed resistance in Virginia in 1859? | to steal weapons and bring them to local slaves |
| Q13.) Why did John Brown's raid lead some southerners to begin to consider seceding from the Union? | They feared for the safety of the South and thought another attack from the North might occur. |
| Q14.) In Lincoln's inaugural speech in 1861, he tried to convince the South that | the government would not start a war with the seceded states. |
| Q15.) Why did the southern states decide to secede from the Union after the election of 1860? | They feared that their economy and way of life would be destroyed. |
| Q16.) California's admission as a free state after the Mexican War caused controversy because | It would upset the balance between the free states and the slave states. |
| Q17.) The belief that people should be given the right to decide if slavery should be allowed or not is best known as | popular sovereignty |
| Q18.) _____ sued for his freedom, claiming that by living in a free territory, he had earned his freedom. | Dred Scott |
| Q19.) President Lincoln's inaugural address was influenced by the Declaration of Independence because he based his address on the idea that | the success of a nation depends on it being united |
| Q20.) How did the South respond to Lincoln's inaugural address? | The South ignored Lincoln's calls for unity and began plans for secession. |
