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Quiz about The Antebellum decade 18501860

The Antebellum decade: 1850-1860 Quiz

Just some fun trivia about the decade before the American Civil War

A multiple-choice quiz by AvadaLindaran. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
AvadaLindaran

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
86,297

Updated
Sep 17 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What state was Congressman David Wilmot, author of the 'Wilmot Proviso', elected from?
Hint

Virginia

New York

South Carolina

Pennsylvania

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Question 2 of 10

2. What national political party collapsed in 1852 after its presidential candidate, Winfield Scott, lost the election?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. The compromise of 1850 had five integral parts to it. Which of these was NOT in it? Hint

Stronger Fugitive Slave law

Abolition of the slave trade in Washington D.C.

Admission of California as a free state

Admission of Kansas as a free state

4. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, sponsered by Senator Stephen A. Douglas, organizied the area west of Missouri and Ohio into the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and repealed the Missouri Compromise. It also introduced a new concept in the issue of slavery. What was this concept called? Hint

Square Deal

Popular Sovereignty

New Frontier

Glasnost

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Question 5 of 10

5. In response to the Kansas-Nebraska act, the Republican party sprang into existence. What was its primary goal? Hint

To outlaw slavery in the territories, but not touch it where it existed

Stricter anti-immigration laws

Complete emancipation of all slaves in the United States

Federal regulation of the railroads

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Question 6 of 10

6. A Supreme Court case ruled that slaves were not citizens and therefore could not sue in court, that temporary residence on free soil did not make a slave free, and that the Missouri Compromise had been unconstitutional. What was the official name for this landmark case? Hint

Roe vs Wade

Marbury vs Madison

Dred Scott vs Sanford

Brown vs Board of education

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Question 7 of 10

7. True or false? The Panic of 1857 proved to Southerners that they could not survive economically without the financial resources of the north.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Hinton Rowan Helper's book, "The Impending Crisis of the South", argued that slavery was economically harmful to the South. What state was he from? Hint

North Carolina

New York

Illinois

Georgia

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Question 9 of 10

9. On October 16, 1859, John Brown and his followers seized the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to incite a slave rebellion. Brown's attempt was unsuccessful and his party was attacked by U.S. Marines under the command of then Colonel Robert E. Lee. How many of Brown's party died? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. When the Republicans met to choose their presidential candidate for the 1860 election, they were very careful to choose a candidate that wouldn't jeopardize their chance of winning. They finally choose Illinois' favorite son Abraham Lincoln. Who was not chosen by the Republicans, though he was the party's front-runner? Hint

John Bell

Samuel Chase

William Seward

John Crittenden

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What state was Congressman David Wilmot, author of the 'Wilmot Proviso', elected from?

Answer: Pennsylvania

2. What national political party collapsed in 1852 after its presidential candidate, Winfield Scott, lost the election?

Answer: Whig

Scott, who had no political background, lost to Franklin Pierce mainly because the Whig party was so badly divided about the issue of the Fugitive Slave Law that it split into purely sectional camps. This destroyed the last of the ties binding the Union together.

3. The compromise of 1850 had five integral parts to it. Which of these was NOT in it?

Answer: Admission of Kansas as a free state

The Fugitive Slave Law, Admission of California, and the end of the slave trade in Washington D.C. were all part of the Compromise. The Kansas issue began with the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Kansas wasn't admitted to the union until 1861.

Answer: Popular Sovereignty

This concept, authored by Douglas, stated that the question of slavery should be left to the 'sovereign people' of the territory. The Square Deal was used by Teddy Roosevelt, New Frontier was the nickname for John F. Kennedy's Presidency, and Glasnost was a Russian policy during the end of the Cold War meaning 'openness.'

5. In response to the Kansas-Nebraska act, the Republican party sprang into existence. What was its primary goal?

Answer: To outlaw slavery in the territories, but not touch it where it existed

Complete emancipation of all slaves in the U.S. was the standpoint of the abolitionists, characterized by William Lloyd Garrison. Stricter anti-immigration laws were desired by the American or 'Know-Nothing' party of the 1840's, and federal regulation of the railroads was the objective of the Progressive party of the 1900's

Answer: Dred Scott vs Sanford

Marbury vs Madison (1801) established the principle of Judicial Review, Brown vs Board of Education (1954) overturned Plessy vs Ferguson and desegregated public schools in the South, and Roe vs Wade (1973) dealt with anti-abortion laws.

7. True or false? The Panic of 1857 proved to Southerners that they could not survive economically without the financial resources of the north.

Answer: False

The panic of 1857 severly crippled the economy of the North, while the South emerged stronger then ever, firmly believing that the North depended on them for economic purposes.

8. Hinton Rowan Helper's book, "The Impending Crisis of the South", argued that slavery was economically harmful to the South. What state was he from?

Answer: North Carolina

Helper, a white southerner who didn't own slaves, criticized the 'slavocracy' of the south. His book was banned in the south and used as anti-slavery propaganda by Rebuplicans in the north.

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Answer: William Seward

Source: Author AvadaLindaran

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