Rising Tensions — Quiz

Question 1

Which increased sectional tensions in the 1850s?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the Fugitive Slave Act

Question 2

Which took place in 1853?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The US made the Gadsden Purchase.

Question 3

Which state did not leave the union during the Southern secession of 1861?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

Question 4

When California applied for statehood, Southern states feared

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the addition of a free state.

Question 5

Which best explains why California’s application for statehood caused a sectional crisis?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

California’s entrance as a free state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the North.

Question 6

How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the rights of free Black people in the North?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It stripped them of their right to trial by jury.

Question 7

Many people moved to California in 1848 following

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the discovery of gold.

Question 8

Land acquired through the Mexican Cession is located today in

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the southwestern US.

Question 9

A result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was that

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the United States got control of the Mexican Cession.

Question 10

An important consequence of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was

Revolt · Accepted Answer

a gain in support for the abolitionist movement.

Rising Tensions — Quiz Answers