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An important consequence of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was

A
improved relations between the North and South.
B
a gain in support for the abolitionist movement.
C
fewer runaway enslaved people being captured and returned.
D
more enslaved people escaping to the North.
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In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln

A
failed to win a majority of the electoral vote.
B
won only forty percent of the popular vote.
C
failed to win any Northern states.
D
won fewer states than Stephen A. Douglas.
3

In its ruling on the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decided that Congress could not ban slavery in

A
free states.
B
slave states.
C
territories.
D
free republics.
4

An effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was that

A
the Democratic Party was formed.
B
the Missouri Compromise was passed.
C
Senator Stephen Douglas was elected.
D
the Republican Party was formed.
5

Which best explains why California’s application for statehood caused a sectional crisis?

A
California’s entrance as a free state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the North.
B
California’s entrance as a slave state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the South.
C
California’s entrance as a slave state would cause free Black people there to lose their freedom.
D
California’s entrance as a free state would cause enslaved people there to be freed automatically.
6

Which of the following groups opposed the spread of slavery during the 1860 presidential election?

t
the Southern Democratic Party
t
the Republican Party
t
the Constitutional Union Party
t
the Democratic Party
7

Which took place in 1853?

T
The US made the Gadsden Purchase.
T
The US received payment from Mexico for Texas.
M
Mexico won the Mexican-American War.
M
Mexico paid the US for the Mexican Cession.
8

Which increased sectional tensions in the 1850s?

A
the Mexican-American War
B
the Mexican Cession
C
the Fugitive Slave Act
D
the California Gold Rush
9

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act,

A
territories above the 36°30’ N line would be free, while those below the line would allow slavery.
B
people in each territory would vote on whether to allow slavery.
C
Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as slave states.
D
Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as free states.
10

Land acquired through the Mexican Cession is located today in

t
the northeastern US.
t
the northwestern US.
t
the southeastern US.
t
the southwestern US.
11

Which state did not leave the union during the Southern secession of 1861?

F
Florida
G
Georgia
V
Virginia
P
Pennsylvania
12

A result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was that

A
Texas gained much of the land controlled by Mexico.
B
Texas became an independent republic.
C
the United States got control of the Mexican Cession.
D
the United States gave control of California to Mexico.
13

After the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Dred Scott case, many people in the North believed that

A
slavery might become legal everywhere.
B
slavery might be banned everywhere.
C
formerly enslaved people would move to the North.
D
formerly enslaved people would stay in the South.
14

Many people moved to California in 1848 following

A
the Gadsden Purchase.
B
the outlawing of slavery.
C
the discovery of gold.
D
the annexation of Texas.
15

When California applied for statehood, Southern states feared

t
the addition of a free state.
t
the escape of enslaved workers.
t
the passage of new laws to maintain slavery.
t
the rise of the gold mining industry.

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