Chapter 10 Homework
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. The Wilmot Proviso proposed that slavery should be banned from
A. California only.
B. the entire nation.
C. the District of Columbia.
D. all of the territories won from Mexico.
____ 2. Why were threats of secession feared?
A. People believed they could cause an imbalance in power between the North and the
South.
B. People believed that they could result in the abolition of slavery.
C. People believed that they could result in the expansion of slavery.
D. People believed that they could result in the break-up of the Union.
____ 3. Which man did not support the Compromise of 1850?
A. Henry Clay
B. John C. Calhoun
C. Millard Fillmore
D. Stephen A. Douglas
____ 4. According to the idea of popular sovereignty, which of the following would decide
whether slavery would be allowed in a territory?
A. the Senate
B. the President
C. the residents of the territory
D. the House of Representatives
____ 5. Which of the following did not help to save the Compromise of 1850?
A. President Taylor'sdeath
B. John C. Calhoun's death
C. its being bundled together as one set of resolutions
D. its being taken apart and presented as separate resolutions
____ 6. The Whig Party was divided by members' attitudes toward the issue of
A. slavery.
B. taxation.
C. immigration.
D. Southern secession.
____ 7. People who favored the concept of nativism feared and opposed
A. slavery.
B. abolition.
C. immigration.
D. popular sovereignty.
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____ 8. The American Party, which had its roots in a secret organization, came to be known as the
A. Free-Soil Party.
B. Republican Party.
C. Liberty Party.
D. Know-Nothing Party.
____ 9. The major aim of the Free-Soil Party was to
A. expand the right to vote.
B. abolish slavery nationwide.
C. prevent slavery in the territories.
D. encourage the secession of Southern states.
____ 10. The Republican Party was formed by people who, despite their differences, were united
in their
A. fear of "Papal Power."
B. fear of federal power.
C. opposition to slavery.
D. support of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
____ 11. The person who won the presidential election of 1856 was
A. Franklin Pierce
B. James Buchanan
C. Horace Greeley
D. John C. Fr_mont
____ 12. The party that won the presidential election of 1856 was
A. the Whig Party
B. the Democratic Party
C. the Free-Soil Party
D. the Republican Party
____ 13. The Wilmot Proviso was favored by
A. the North.
B. the South.
C. the North and the South.
D. California alone.
____ 14. The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union is known as
A. confederacy.
B. compromise.
C. secession.
D. popular sovereignty.
____ 15. The Compromise of 1850 was supported by
A. Clay and Calhoun.
B. Clay and Webster.
C. Calhoun and Webster but not Clay.
D. Clay, Calhoun, and Webster.
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____ 16. One of the most active conductors on the Underground Railroad was
A. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
B. Harriet Tubman.
C. Horace Greeley.
D. Abraham Lincoln.
____ 17. Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by
A. Horace Greeley.
B. John Brown.
C. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
D. Charlotte Forten.
____ 18. Members of the Know-Nothing Party were known for all of the following except their
A. use of passwords.
B. use of secret handshakes.
C. support of the rights of immigrants.
D. belief in nativism.
____ 19. One of the founders of the Republican Party was
A. Franklin Pierce.
B. Horace Greeley.
C. James Buchanan.
D. Millard Fillmore.
____ 20. The topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was
A. the Missouri Compromise.
B. secession.
C. the Wilmot Proviso.
D. slavery in the territories.
____ 21. The Dred Scott decision did all of the following except
A. please Southerners.
B. rule that slaves did not have rights.
C. declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
D. guarantee that slavery would not be allowed in future states.
____ 22. The Confederacy included all of the following states except
A. Maryland.
B. Texas.
C. Alabama.
D. South Carolina.
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Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Delaware
Missouri
Georgia
Ohio
Tennessee
____ 23. the state that seceded on January 19, 1861
____ 24. the easternmost slave state that remained in the Union
____ 25. a state that prohibited slavery
____ 26. the state that seceded on June 8, 1861
____ 27. a slave state that was bordered on three sides by states in the Union
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____ 28. Which of the following is a subcategory of another category listed in the chart?
A. livestock
B. finance
C. population
D. bank deposits
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____ 29. For how many agricultural products did the South have an advantage over the North?
A. 0 out of 6
B. 1 out of 6
C. 2 out of 6
D. 3 out of 6
____ 30. How many miles of railroads did the South have around 1860?
A. 900
B. 2,170
C. 9,000
D. 21,700
____ 31. How many horses did the North have?
A. 4,200
B. 420,000
C. 1,700,000
D. 4,200,000
____ 32. How many more people lived in the Northern states than in the Southern states?
A. 9 million
B. 12.5 million
C. 14.5 million
D. 21.5 million
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