Question 1
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
A) became the defining issue in the 1856 Congressional elections.
B) led to the formation of the Republican Party.
C) explicitly strengthened the Missouri Compromise.
D) united moderate and radical abolitionists.
Question 2
In which of the following territories would slavery be decided by popular sovereignty under the Compromise of 1850?
A) New Mexico and Minnesota.
B) Utah and New Mexico.
C) Utah and Minnesota.
D) New Mexico and Indian Territory.
Question 3
Uncle Tom's Cabin had all the following impacts on the issue of slavery EXCEPT
A) an angry reaction in De Bow's Southern and Western Review.
B) to anger Southerners who rationalized slavery.
C) keeping France neutral during the Civil War.
D) to anger Northerners, many of whom saw the realities of slavery through its pages.
Question 4
Which character in Uncle Tom's Cabin transformed the slavery question from an abstract political issue into a personal tragedy?
A) Simon Legree
B) Eliza Harris
C) Willie
D) Uncle Tom
Question 5
Voters in the Republican Party were in favor of free labor.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Question 6
Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Abraham Lincoln played crucial roles in the passage of the Compromise of 1850.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
