SOL Quiz 16

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SOL Quiz 16

• US Expansion 1830s-1860 II

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1. Why did slavery NOT become a permanent part of
life in the North? a. Northerners were more
religious. b. Northerners were not able to afford
slaves. c. Slavery was not economical in the
North. d. English colonies in the North
prohibited slavery.
Although slaves had originally been used in all
of the original 13 colonies, slavery was not as
profitable in the North as in the South. In the
South, however, the growing and processing of
cotton was a year-long operation which made the
ownership and use of slaves profitable.
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2. What did the South gain in the Compromise of
1850? a. Tariff rates were lowered. b.
California was opened to slavery. c. A strict
fugitive slave law was passed. d. All territories
would be equally divided into slave and free
sections.
A strict new fugitive-slave law was added to
please the South since the North seemed otherwise
to have the advantage in the Compromise of 1850.
This law levied strict punishment for anyone
found guilty of helping slaves escape. The
acquisition of the Mexican Cession in 1848 had
once again caused debate over whether or not to
allow slavery in new territories.
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3. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 is an example
of a. separation of powers b. division of
powers c. Manifest Destiny d. popular sovereignty
Popular sovereignty was the concept that the
voters of a territory should decide whether the
territory would enter the Union as a free state
or as a slave state.
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4. Which is the most accurate statement
concerning the Supreme Court's decision in the
Dred Scott case? a. It ended the argument over
slavery in the territories. b. It granted
citizenship to former slaves. c. It upheld the
Missouri Compromise. d. It intensified arguments
over slavery in the territories.
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court
declared that Congress could not outlaw slavery
in a territory. This decision was supported by
Southerners. Many Northerners were outraged,
however, because it meant that slaves could be
taken into the Western territories by their
owners where they would remain slaves.
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5. How did the South react to the news of the
election of Abraham Lincoln as president in
1860? a. John C. Calhoun issued his Doctrine of
Nullification. b. Southern states called for a
constitutional convention. c. Several states
seceded from the Union. d. The South placed an
embargo on cotton exports.
Within weeks of the election, Southern states
began holding votes to secede from the Union. By
February 1, 1861 the seven states of the Deep
South (South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas) had
seceded. By June of 1861, four additional
Southern states had seceded.