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Social Studies Test
Mostly About The Lincoln-Douglas Debate
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1)A plan that would divide the remainder of the Louisiana purchase into two territories? | Kansas-Nebraska act |
| 2)A document stating that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any of the territory? | Wilmot Proviso |
| 3)In the debate ,this republican stressed that the central issue of the campaign was the spread of the slavery into the west. | Abraham Lincoln |
| 4)who served as the chief justice who ruled on the Dred Scott decision? | Roger B.Taney |
| 7)what happened in October of 1859 when men took over arsenal in Harpes Ferry ,Virginia in hopes of starting a slave rebellion? | John Brown's raid |
| 8)Who was the democratic nominee from Pennsylvania who went on to win the presidential election? | James Buchanan |
| 9)why was California Able to enter the into the union as a free state? | Compromise of 1850 |
| 10)who debated against Lincoln and criticized him for saying the country could not remain a "half state and half free country? | Sherman Douglas |
| 11)What made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officials to arrest those slaves in free areas? | Fugitive Slave Acts |
| 14)What were some of the results of the intense division in Kansas? | There were two opposing governments that were formed,Kansas became angry,and finally violence broke out |
| 15)what were the major ruling s on the Dred Scott decision? | Scott was not a citizen and could not be sued in federal court.Scott's residency on free soil did not make him free.The Missouri compromise's ban slavery north of 36'30 was constitution |
| 16)Why did Lincoln make slavery's expansion the central issue at the Lincoln-Douglas debate? | He wanted to expose Douglas 's role in the Nebraska Act ,and emphasize the Democratic 's support of the spread of slavery |
| 17)How was Texas affected by the Compromise of 1950? | Texas gave up land in New Mexico in exchange for financial aid from the government |
| 18)Why did John Brown's raid lead to some southerners to talk about leaving the union? | Southerners worried that other opponents of slavery would attack them or incite rebellion s and that leaving the union was the only way to protect their safety |
| 19)Why was Lincoln viewed by many as moderate candidate during his campaign for presidency? | He opposed the spread of slavery,but promised not to abolish it where it already existed |
| 20)Why did some southern states secede form the union? | They believed the election of 1860 showed that they had lost power and that Lincoln's views in slavery would lead to it's end. |
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