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Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney grew up

A
the son of a fiery abolitionist.
B
a poor Southerner.
C
in a family that enslaved people.
D
a wealthy Northerner.
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How did the Confederate Constitution handle the issue of slavery?

A
It condemned and rejected it.
B
It recognized and protected it.
C
It did not address it.
D
It supported it, but only in the North.
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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 paid $15 million for the southwest territories.
D
the United States gave control of California to Mexico.
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As a result of the 1855 election in Kansas

A
the railroad was allowed to pass through.
B
both sides claimed victory, each drafting their own constitution.
C
neither side could claim victory because of the fraud and violence.
D
Congressional representatives were overthrown.
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Which did Stephen Douglas support?

A
free labor
B
popular sovereignty
C
racial equality
D
abolitionism
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What was Sandford’s argument in the Scott v. Sandford case?

A
An enslaved person in a free state should be granted freedom.
B
A person’s property cannot be taken away without due process.
C
Enslaved people should not be considered property.
D
Enslaved people should have the right to a trial by jury.
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Which best describes the South Carolina convention in December of 1860?

A
The delegates appointed Jefferson Davis governor.
B
The delegates unanimously voted for secession.
C
The delegates criticized other Southern states.
D
The delegates proposed a plan to limit the spread of slavery.
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How did Abraham Lincoln become a lawyer?

A
He went to a local law school in Illinois.
B
He taught himself law while in the state legislature.
C
He went to a prestigious law school in the East.
D
He learned about law from the Republican Party.
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In the mid-1800s, why did most Northerners want the Kansas and Nebraska territories organized?

A
to protect the institution of slavery
B
to balance the number of free and slave states
C
to create more free states so they could control Congress
D
to provide farm land and extend the transcontinental railroad
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What role did Antonio López de Santa Anna play in the Mexican-American War?

A
He was the ruler of Mexico.
B
He was the leader of the American forces in Texas.
C
He was the commander of the Mexican military.
D
He was the Mexican ambassador to the United States
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Which of the following people took part in the murder of pro-slavery settlers in Kansas?

A
John Brown
B
Frederick Douglass
C
William Lloyd Garrison
D
Reverend Luther Lee
12

The phrase “Bleeding Kansas” is associated with which of the following men?

A
Anthony Burns
B
Lloyd Garrison
C
John Brown
D
Frederick Douglass
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Which of the following best explains why many escaped enslaved people went to Canada in the 1850s?

A
Canada did not enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.
B
Canada was the main destination of the Underground Railroad.
C
Canada had less slavery than the US.
D
Canada had fewer bounty hunters than the US.
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Which lists Abraham Lincoln’s career achievements in the correct order?

A
member of House of Representatives, member of US Senate, US president
B
Illinois governor, member of House of Representatives, US president
C
Illinois state legislator, member of House of Representatives, US president
D
Illinois state legislator, member of US Senate, US president
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Why did Southern senators initially block the organization of the Kansas and Nebraska territories?

A
They thought the railroad that would be built there would only benefit the North.
B
They did not think the area’s Indigenous peoples should be moved to Oklahoma.
C
They worried that the area’s Indigenous peoples would be relocated to the South.
D
They were afraid the new free states would tip the balance in Congress against them.
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Who won the presidential election of 1860?

A
Stephen Douglas
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
Jefferson Davis
D
John C. Breckinridge
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Initially, most settlers wanted to use the lands that became Kansas and Nebraska for

A
factories.
B
cities.
C
roads.
D
farms.
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Although he believed that slavery was wrong, Lincoln felt that Black people and White people

A
would be able to live together freely.
B
should vote on the issue of slavery.
C
should not have natural rights.
D
could not live as true equals.
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Which of the following best describes how abolitionists viewed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

A
fair
B
tyrannical
C
violent
D
weak
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Read the excerpt below from the Supreme Court ruling in the Scott v. Sandford.[T]he legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show, that neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves, nor their descendants, whether they had become free or not, were then acknowledged as a part of the people.The main subject of the excerpt is

A
the lack of citizenship for enslaved people.
B
the practice of importing enslaved people from Africa.
C
the practice of relocating from a slave state to a free state.
D
the right of an owner to retain his or her property.

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