Transcript STANDARD 4.1

3.1- Evaluate the relative importance of political events
and issues that divided the nation led to civil war,
including the compromises reached to maintain the
balance of free and slave states, the abolitionist
movement, the Dred Scott case, conflicting views on
states’ rights and federal authority, the emergence of
the Republican Party, and the formation of the
Confederate States of America.
1. Why did the South fear the
election of Abraham Lincoln?
 A. They knew that Lincoln was an adamant
supporter of “popular sovereignty.”
 B. Lincoln had run on a platform of
abolishing slavery throughout the nation.
 C. Lincoln openly supported the Dred Scott
decision.
 D. They feared that he would seek not only
to prevent slavery in new territories, but to
end it in the South also.
2. Which of the following statements
BEST describes the role of SC in the
decision of southern states to secede
from the Union?
 A. It was the site of the Confederacy’s first capital.
 B. It was the first state to secede and was where
the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
 C. It was the first state to introduce Republican
candidates for election.
 D. It was a border state that had to choose sides
after other states seceded.
3. A southern politician in the 1800s
would have been MOST supportive
of which of the following?
A. State’s rights
B. Tariffs
C. Popular sovereignty
D. Abolition
4.
Which of the following laws were BOTH
PASSED by Congress for the purpose of dealing
with the issue of slavery in newly acquired
territories?
 A. The Wilmot Proviso and the
Compromise of 1833
 B. The Doctrine of Nullification and the
American System
 C. The Missouri Compromise and the
Compromise of 1850
 D. The Doctrine of Nullification and the
Missouri Compromise
5. Why was the issue of slavery in new US
territories so politically heated in the
1800s?
 A. Most politicians knew that they could not win
enough votes to stay in office if they did not openly
oppose slavery.
 B. Settlers in new territories opposed slavery and did
not like the fact that Congress was requiring them to
allow the practice.
 C. Southern pro-slavery leaders and northern antislavery leaders both wanted to maintain their power in
Washington and spread their ideology to new
territories that would eventually become states.
 D. Nearly every new state allowed slavery while almost
all politicians in Washington, DC had decided that the
practice should be outlawed.
6.
Which of the following BEST describes
southern reaction to John Brown’s raid on
Harper’s Ferry?
 A. Encouraged, because it showed that some men
were willing to go to extreme measures to protect
states rights
 B. Amused, because they dismissed it as an isolated
incident led by a fool.
 C. Saddened, because Brown was a southern hero and
news of his death was disheartening
 D. Alarmed, because they saw it as a violent threat to
the southern way of life.
7. Which of the following BEST describes
the Republican Party’s official stance on
slavery in the 1850’s?
 A. The party officially supported the
abolition of slavery
 B. The party was in favor of popular
sovereignty
 C. The party adamantly opposed the
extension of slavery into new US territories.
 D. The party rejected the stance of the Free
Soilers in favor of supporting states rights.
8.
Which of the following BEST describes SC’s
reason for seceding from the Union?
 A. They did not trust Lincoln to protect the
rights of states to permit slavery
 B. They feared that Lincoln was not truly an
abolitionist.
 C. They knew he favored popular
sovereignty.
 D. They believed that Lincoln intended to
ship more military supplies to Fort Sumter
in preparation for an invasion of the South.
9. Who was the first President of
the Confederate States of America?
 10. What date did SC leave the Union? (Month, day,
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and year)
11. What did the Fugitive Slave law state?
12. What did the term “popular sovereignty” mean?
13. What impact did the cotton gin have on the
institution of slavery?
14. Why were many whites in the new territories
against slavery? It was seen as a what?
15. What happened at “Bleeding Kansas?