CHAPTER 14 QUIZ Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Under the Compromise of 1850 which of the following would be able to choose whether to be a free or a slave state Selected Answer Utah Territory Proslavery elements in Kansas manipulated the statutes of the Kansas Nebraska Act by Selected Answer encouraging and arming proslavery residents from Missouri The Republicans became the clear favorite in the presidential election of 1860 when Selected Answer the Democratic Party split into sectional factions In the last days of his presidency James Buchanan was Selected Answer ineffective and powerless Within three months after the election of 1860 Selected Answer seven southern states had left the Union 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points The Confederacy fired shots at Fort Sumter when Jefferson Davis discovered that Selected Answer President Lincoln ordered that food be sent to the fort Question 7 In his inaugural address President Lincoln urged Americans to be 5 out of 5 points guided by the Selected Answer Question 8 better angels of our nature In an intriguing race for the U S Senate in Illinois Abraham Lincoln was opposed by Selected Answer Stephen A Douglas Question 9 In the 1860 election who received the second highest popular vote count yet the lowest number of electoral votes Selected Answer Stephen Douglas Question 10 Robert Walker showed integrity when he Selected Answer uncovered and revealed electoral corruption in Kansas Question 11 John Brown hoped that his raid on Harper s Ferry Virginia would Selected Answer start a slave rebellion in the state of Virginia The greatest significance of California s desire to enter the Union was Selected Answer the concern of Southerners that it would upset the balance of free and slave states Effects of John Brown s raid included all of the following EXCEPT Selected Answer Congress momentarily putting aside sectional differences in favor of compromises Question 12 Question 13 Question 14 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points All of the following statements about Uncle Tom s Cabin are true EXCEPT Selected Answer all of the novel s antagonists were white southerners who personified evil Question 15 Question 16 Question 17 Who was an antislavery agitator in the middle of the violent confrontation in Kansas Selected Answer John Brown President Lincoln s strategy regarding secession focused on Selected Answer keeping states of the upper South in the Union President Pierce tried to mute the conflicts about slavery by emphasizing Selected Answer an aggressive foreign policy Question 18 Franklin Pierce failed to Selected Answer effectively handle controversy in Kansas Question 19 The election of 1860 revealed that Selected Answer Americans voted very strongly along sectional lines Question 20 Compared to the North in 1860 the South had Selected Answer more people employed in agriculture 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points 5 out of 5 points
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