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Chapter 16 Test – TUESDAY, May 3, 2016
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DIRECTIONS: You will be responsible for knowing the following information for the Chapter 16
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Missouri Compromise (Section 1, pgs. 460-461)
 Why was Missouri entering the Union as a slave state controversial? (1)
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What was the Missouri line? (2)
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Who was the author of the Missouri Compromise? (3)
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What was the effect of the Missouri Compromise? (4)
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To what area did the Missouri Compromise apply? (5)
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What were details of the agreement reached between people who were proslavery & those that were anti? (6)
Free-Soil Party (Section 1, pg.462)
 When was the Free-Soil party started? (7)
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What was the goal of the Free-Soil Party? This is also a goal of the Republican Party. (8)
Compromise of 1850 (Section 2, pgs. 463-465)
 What did the Fugitive Slave Act require of northerners? (9)
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How did Northerners react to the Fugitive Slave Act? (10)
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What issue led to a disagreement between North & South, which the Compromise sought to address? (11)
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Who was the author of the Compromise of 1850? (12)
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What were the terms/agreements of the Compromise of 1850? (13)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Section 2, pg. 466-467)
 Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel in reaction to what law? (14)
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What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin seek to show? (15)
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What effect did Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on public opinion/how people saw slavery? (16)
Kansas-Nebraska Act (Section 3, pgs.468-470)
 What does “popular sovereignty” mean? (17)
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Where was the land the Kansas-Nebraska Act divided into two parts? (18)
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Who were the “border ruffians”? (19)
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What happened between proslavery & antislavery settlers? (20)
Violence in the Senate (Section 3, pgs.470 – 471)
 Why does violence erupt in the U.S. Senate? (21)
Dred Scott v. Sanford (Section 3, pgs.471-472)
 What were the parts of the ruling? (22)
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What previous compromise did the Dred Scott ruling say was unconstitutional? (23)
Republican Party (Section 4, pgs.473-474)
 Why was the Republican Party started? (24)
Abraham Lincoln (Section 4, pgs.474-475)
 Who did Lincoln famously debate as he ran for the U.S. Senate in 1858? (25)
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Did Lincoln win or lose his run for U.S. Senate in 1858? (26)
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What was Lincoln’s stance on the expansion of slavery? (27)
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True or False: After the debates, Lincoln was now a well- known political figure? (28)
Harper’s Ferry & John Brown (Section 4, pgs.475-477)
 What does the term “martyr” mean? (29)
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Why did John Brown attack Harper’s Ferry? (30)
Presidential Election of 1860 (Section 5, pgs.478-480)
 What was the outcome of the 1860 presidential election? (31)
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What effect did Abraham Lincoln’s election have on national unity? (32)