Challenges to Slavery

CHAPTER 15 SECTION 3

1. A NEW POLITICAL PARTY

Why was the Whig party destroyed?

a) Because the Republican party took it over

b) It wasn’t destroyed

c) Conflicting views on slavery

d) None of the above

2. THE ELECTION OF 1854

What political parties combined to form a NEW political party?

a) Republican and Whig

b) Democrat and Whig

c) Free-Soil party and republican

d) Democrat and republican

3. THE ELECTION OF 1856

What idea did the Democratic Party endorse in the election of 1856?

a) Abolition of slavery

b) Women’s rights

c) Popular sovereignty

d) Having a civil war

4. THE ELECTION OF 1856

What was the Republicans’ campaign slogan in the election of 1856?

a) “Slavery must stay!”

b) “Let’s end slavery with Fremont!”

c) “Stop bleeding Kansas!”

d) “Free soil, free speech, and Fremont.”

5. THE DRED SCOTT CASE

What were the two Free states and the one Slave state Dred Scott traveled to, and in what order?

a) Free- Missouri, Wisconsin, Slave- Illinois

b) Free- Indiana, Wisconsin, Slave- Missouri

c) Free- Illinois, Wisconsin Territory, Slave- Missouri

d) Free- Maine, Illinois, Slave- Missouri

6. THE DRED SCOTT CASE

How many years did it take for the case to reach the Supreme Court?

a) 12

b) 4

c) 11

d) 3

7. THE COURT’S DECISION AND REACTION TO THE DECISION

Which of the following is true?

a) Roger B. Taney was outraged by the courts decision

b) The decision was thought of the best decision made by the U.S supreme court

c) Dred Scott did not have the right to have a lawsuit because he was a citizen

d) All of the above

8. THE COURT’S DECISION AND REACTION TO THE DECISION

What was one of the reasons the Supreme Court’s decision electrified the nation?

a) Because Roger B. Taney was an abolitionist

b) Because Dred Scott was a citizen of the North

c) Because it was the best decision the court ever made

d) Because Taney said Congress has no power to prohibit slavery in any territory

9. THE COURT’S DECISION AND REACTION TO THE DECISION

All of the following are false, except for…

a) Chief Justice Roger B. Taney said Dred Scott was not an enslaved person

b) The fifth amendment allows Congress to take away property without due process of law

c) The Constitution did not protect slavery

d) None of the above

10. LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS

• Which of the following is false?

a) The Congressional Election pitted the current senator, democrat Stephen A. Douglas

b) Douglas joined the democratic party and won the election to the house in 1842

c) Stephen A. Douglas was unknown but Abraham Lincoln was a likely candidate for president

d) Douglas disliked slavery but thought that the controversy over it would interfere with the nations growth

11. LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS

• All of the following are false except for-

a) Abraham Lincoln moved to Indiana as an adult and later to Illinois

b) Douglas and Lincoln were successful lawyers

c) Douglas joined the senate in 1842

d) Lincoln thought that slavery was wrong but that there was an easy way to end slavery

12. THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES

Which of the following are true?

a) Lincoln wanted slavery and did nothing to stop it

b) Douglas claimed that Lincoln wanted African Americans to be fully equal to whites

c) Lincoln did not challenge the senator to a series of debates

d) The main topic and discussion was not slavery

13. THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES

All of the following are true except…

a)During the debate at Freeport Lincoln pressed Douglass about his views on popular sovereignty

b)Douglas wanted Africans Americans and white people to be treated equal

c)The two met seven times in August, September , and October of 1858

d)Thousands came to the debates

14. THE RAID ON HARPER’S FERRY

After the 1858 elections, who were Southerners threatened by?

a) Democrats

b) Northerners

c) Slaves

d) Republicans

15. THE RAID ON HARPER’S FERRY

What was John Brown’s Target?

a) an arsenal

b) A prison

c) A plantation

d) The White House