Independent Test For Social Studies

Chapter 15

1.)  ____________________________ Was the Senator from Pennsylvania who banned slavery in all lands won by Mexico.

a.)    Henry Clay

b.)    David Wilmot

c.)    Free Soil Party

d.)    Thomas Jefferson

2.) The Antislavery plan that banned slavery in all states won by Mexico was called ___________________________________.

a.)    Missouri Compromise

b.)    Wilmot Proviso

c.)    Free Soil Party

d.)    Compromise of 1850

1.) Why was the Mexican Cession a problem for the South? Explain in Thorough detail. 

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2.) What was the Purpose of the Free Soil Party? Who was in it? Who was elected their President? What was their Motto? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1.) South Carolina Senator, _______________________________, speaks about succession from the Union, if the fugitives were not returned to the south.

a.)    Daniel Webster

b.)    John Calhoun

c.)    Henry Clay

d.)    Harriet Beecher Stowe

2.) After the agreement for Missouri, another problem occurred. John Calhoun was dying from Tuberculosis said that if the North did not return all fugitive slaves back to the south, and then they would succeed the Nation. Who created The Compromise that went with Calhoun’s agreement? What was the Agreement?

Use these words to write a paragraph;

Compromise of 1850, Stephan Douglas, Daniel Webster, and fugitive Slave law.

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3.) the _________________________________________ fined people 1000 dollars for letting fugitive slave runaway and 6 months of prison.

a.)    Compromise of 1850

b.)    Fugitive Slave law

c.)    Uncle Tom’s Cabin

4.) Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote ____________________________________________to let Northerners understand the cruelty of slavery.

a.)    Uncle Sam’s cabin

b.)    Uncle Tom’s Cabin

c.)    The African American story

1.)    Why was the Dred Scott Decision overruled? Why was the Missouri compromise unconstitutional?  Explain

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2.)    Why was John Brown’s killing in Kansas made him a hero? Who did he go with and whom did he kill? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.)    Senator Sumner read a speech to denounce the proslavery legislature was beaten with a cane to death by:

a.)    Andrew Butler

b.)    Preston Brooks

c.)    Dred Scott

4.)    Why were many shocked with the Dred Scott ruling?

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1.)    In 1854 ________________________________________________________ was created.

a.)    Republican Party

b.)    Democratic party

c.)    Whig Party

d.)    Democratic-Republican Party

2.) What was the goal of the Republican Party? Who was President of the Republican Party?

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3.) Who was the Democratic Candidate?

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5.)    Abe Lincoln was running against __________________________________for the Senate seat, but lost.

a.)    John C. Fremont

b.)    Stephen Douglas

c.)    James Buchanan

6.)    _____________________________________Was captured at the Federal arsenal by Robert E. Lee’s men and then Executed.

a.)    Stephen Douglas

b.)    John Brown

c.)    Abe Lincoln

1.)    ___________________________________Won the election in 1860 as President.

a.)    Stephen Douglas

b.)    Abe Lincoln

c.)    John Fremont

2.)    After the sixteenth President got in, why did the south succeed the Union? Who made the last effort to save the nation? Who was the president of the confederate states? Who entered first?

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3.)    What Challenges did Lincoln face when he became President?

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