US AMSCO CH 13 MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023
Which of the following most accurately describe Stephen Douglas' idea of popular sovereignty -
answer The status of slavery in a territory would be determined by the voters in the territory
All of the following figured prominently in debates over the compromise of 1850 EXCEPT the -
answer Extensions of slavery into Kansas and Nebraska territories
Which of the following was a major factor in the decline if the Whig party in the 1850s - answer
Know nothing movement
A political effect of the fighting in Kansas in 1855 and 1856 was to - answer Further divide the
Democratic Party
The Supreme Courts decision in the Dredd Scott case outraged the public opinion in the north
chiefly because it - answer Removed restrictions against the spread of slavery into western
territories
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectional tension because it - answer Reopened the
issue of slavery in a territory north of 36*30'
The Lincoln Douglas debates resulted in all of the following except - answer Increased support
for Douglas in the south
John browns primary purpose in attacking harpers ferry was to - answer Start a slave rebellion in
Virginia
In the 1860 election what was the position of Lincoln and the Republican Party on slavery -
answer Slavery should not be allowed to expand into the territories
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023
Which of the following most accurately describe Stephen Douglas' idea of popular sovereignty -
answer The status of slavery in a territory would be determined by the voters in the territory
All of the following figured prominently in debates over the compromise of 1850 EXCEPT the -
answer Extensions of slavery into Kansas and Nebraska territories
Which of the following was a major factor in the decline if the Whig party in the 1850s - answer
Know nothing movement
A political effect of the fighting in Kansas in 1855 and 1856 was to - answer Further divide the
Democratic Party
The Supreme Courts decision in the Dredd Scott case outraged the public opinion in the north
chiefly because it - answer Removed restrictions against the spread of slavery into western
territories
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectional tension because it - answer Reopened the
issue of slavery in a territory north of 36*30'
The Lincoln Douglas debates resulted in all of the following except - answer Increased support
for Douglas in the south
John browns primary purpose in attacking harpers ferry was to - answer Start a slave rebellion in
Virginia
In the 1860 election what was the position of Lincoln and the Republican Party on slavery -
answer Slavery should not be allowed to expand into the territories
