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In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln

A
failed to win a majority of the electoral vote.
B
won only forty percent of the popular vote.
C
failed to win any Northern states.
D
won fewer states than Stephen A. Douglas.
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Which state did not leave the union during the Southern secession of 1861?

A
Florida
B
Georgia
C
Virginia
D
Pennsylvania
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Many people moved to California in 1848 following

A
the Gadsden Purchase.
B
the outlawing of slavery.
C
the discovery of gold.
D
the annexation of Texas.
4

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

A
It required them to work for lower wages.
B
It limited their freedom of speech.
C
It prevented them from traveling to Canada.
D
It stripped them of their right to trial by jury.
5

Which took place in 1853?

A
The US made the Gadsden Purchase.
B
The US received payment from Mexico for Texas.
C
Mexico won the Mexican-American War.
D
Mexico paid the US for the Mexican Cession.
6

When California applied for statehood, Southern states feared

A
the addition of a free state.
B
the escape of enslaved workers.
C
the passage of new laws to maintain slavery.
D
the rise of the gold mining industry.
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Which best explains why California’s application for statehood caused a sectional crisis?

A
California’s entrance as a free state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the North.
B
California’s entrance as a slave state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the South.
C
California’s entrance as a slave state would cause free Black people there to lose their freedom.
D
California’s entrance as a free state would cause enslaved people there to be freed automatically.
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After the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Dred Scott case, many people in the North believed that

A
slavery might become legal everywhere.
B
slavery might be banned everywhere.
C
formerly enslaved people would move to the North.
D
formerly enslaved people would stay in the South.
9

In its ruling on the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decided that Congress could not ban slavery in

A
free states.
B
slave states.
C
territories.
D
free republics.
10

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

A
the Democratic Party was formed.
B
the Missouri Compromise was passed.
C
Senator Stephen Douglas was elected.
D
the Republican Party was formed.

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