1. How did the Whig party originate? A. Over southern anger at the Dred Scott decision
B. Over opposition to Andrew Jackson
C. Over opposition to John C. Calhoun
D. As a result of the nullification crisis

2. By 1850, most southern leaders like John C. Calhoun:
A. Agreed to confine slavery to the South
B. Insisted slavery must be legal in all the territories
C. Believed slavery was slowly on its way out
D. Emphasized popular sovereignty

3. Why did slavery become a politically important issue by the 1840s?
A. The Methodist Church—the nation’s largest denomination—called on all members to free their slaves
B. President John Tyler’s antislavery policies caused a major proslavery backlash
C. The constitutional deadline for ending the international slave trade was drawing near and would officially end in 1848
D. Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands in the West should be free or slave

4. What did the “Bleeding Kansas” conflict originate over?
A. A loyalist revolt
B. The Missouri militia massacring Kansas civilians
C. Kansas being a free or slave state
D. John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry

5. In the 1850s, more northerners became paranoid over what they dubbed:
A. “The power of the purse.”
B. “The power of King Cotton.”
C. “The slave power.”
D. “Southern power.”