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As a result of the 1855 election in Kansas

A
the railroad was allowed to pass through.
B
both sides claimed victory, each drafting their own constitution.
C
neither side could claim victory because of the fraud and violence.
D
Congressional representatives were overthrown.
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In the mid-1800s, why did most Northerners want the Kansas and Nebraska territories organized?

A
to protect the institution of slavery
B
to balance the number of free and slave states
C
to create more free states so they could control Congress
D
to provide farm land and extend the transcontinental railroad
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Which political party opposed the Dred Scott decision?

A
the Know-Nothing Party
B
the Free-Soil Party
C
the Democratic Party
D
the Republican Party
4

What was Sandford’s argument in the Scott v. Sandford case?

A
An enslaved person in a free state should be granted freedom.
B
A person’s property cannot be taken away without due process.
C
Enslaved people should not be considered property.
D
Enslaved people should have the right to a trial by jury.
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What did some Northern states do to oppose the Fugitive Slave Act?

A
They passed personal liberty laws.
B
They ensured enslaved people had trials by jury.
C
They granted all escaped fugitives their freedom.
D
They elected members of the Free-Soil Party to Congress.
6

What role did Antonio López de Santa Anna play in the Mexican-American War?

A
He was the ruler of Mexico.
B
He was the leader of the American forces in Texas.
C
He was the commander of the Mexican military.
D
He was the Mexican ambassador to the United States
7

A group that was part of the Free-Soil Party was made up of

A
anti-abolitionists.
B
Republicans.
C
antislavery Whigs.
D
Southern Democrats.
8

How many states or parts of states did the US create from the Mexican Cession?

A
two
B
five
C
seven
D
ten
9

Which did Stephen Douglas support?

A
free labor
B
popular sovereignty
C
racial equality
D
abolitionism
10

Although he believed that slavery was wrong, Lincoln felt that Black people and White people

A
would be able to live together freely.
B
should vote on the issue of slavery.
C
should not have natural rights.
D
could not live as true equals.
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Initially, most settlers wanted to use the lands that became Kansas and Nebraska for

A
factories.
B
cities.
C
roads.
D
farms.
12

Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney grew up

A
the son of a fiery abolitionist.
B
a poor Southerner.
C
in a family that enslaved people.
D
a wealthy Northerner.
13

Which lists Abraham Lincoln’s career achievements in the correct order?

A
member of House of Representatives, member of US Senate, US president
B
Illinois governor, member of House of Representatives, US president
C
Illinois state legislator, member of House of Representatives, US president
D
Illinois state legislator, member of US Senate, US president
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Why did Southern senators initially block the organization of the Kansas and Nebraska territories?

A
They thought the railroad that would be built there would only benefit the North.
B
They did not think the area’s Indigenous peoples should be moved to Oklahoma.
C
They worried that the area’s Indigenous peoples would be relocated to the South.
D
They were afraid the new free states would tip the balance in Congress against them.
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Read the excerpt below from the Supreme Court ruling in the Scott v. Sandford.[T]he legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show, that neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves, nor their descendants, whether they had become free or not, were then acknowledged as a part of the people.The main subject of the excerpt is

A
the lack of citizenship for enslaved people.
B
the practice of importing enslaved people from Africa.
C
the practice of relocating from a slave state to a free state.
D
the right of an owner to retain his or her property.
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What did Stephen Douglas propose that helped pass the Compromise of 1850?

A
The Free-Soil Party would be given votes in Congress.
B
The slave trade would not be addressed.
C
Congress would vote on each measure individually.
D
California would be admitted to the Union as a slave state.
17

Which of the following fears did some Americans have about acquiring new territory in the Mexican Cession?

A
New slave states would help the South gain power in Congress.
B
The relationship between the United States and Mexico would never recover.
C
Another war would break out between the United States and Mexico.
D
The United States had grown too large to govern effectively.
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Why did California’s application for statehood cause a sectional crisis?

A
Its entrance as a free state would upset the balance in favor of the North.
B
Its entrance as a slave state would upset the balance in favor of the South.
C
Its entrance a slave state would cause free African Americans there to lose their freedom.
D
Its entrance as free state would cause enslaved people there to be automatically freed.
19

How did Abraham Lincoln become a lawyer?

A
He went to a local law school in Illinois.
B
He taught himself law while in the state legislature.
C
He went to a prestigious law school in the East.
D
He learned about law from the Republican Party.
20

A result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was that

A
Texas gained much of the land controlled by Mexico.
B
Texas became an independent republic.
C
the United States paid $15 million for the southwest territories.
D
the United States gave control of California to Mexico.

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