Lincoln

Question 1

Read Abraham Lincoln’s statement below.A house divided against itself cannot stand. Which of the following best explains the meaning of Lincoln’s statement?

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The United States would fall apart if it could not agree on slavery.

Question 2

When it first formed, the Republican Party supported

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modernizing the nation.

Question 3

When the Republican Party formed in the 1850s, its support for free labor meant that

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White men did not have to compete for jobs.

Question 4

Abraham Lincoln became a nationally known political figure based on

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a series of public debates with Stephen Douglas.

Question 5

A similarity between the views of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas was that both

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did not support abolition.

Question 6

Who supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

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Senator Stephen Douglas

Question 7

A major difference between Lincoln’s and Douglas’s views on slavery was that

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Lincoln believed slavery should not spread, while Douglas believed each state should decide the matter for itself.

Question 8

Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act anger many members of the Free-Soil Party?

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They were afraid the territories would be filled with enslavers.

Question 9

How would the early Republican Party have felt about the Dred Scott decision?

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It would have opposed it because it weakened free labor.

Question 10

An effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was that

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the Republican Party was formed.

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