6 Which event happened first?
a. Formation of the Confederate States of America
b. Passage of the Missouri Compromise
c. Publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
d. Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
e. Lincoln-Douglas debates
7
Which event happened second?
a. Formation of the Confederate States of America
b. Passage of the Missouri Compromise
c. Publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
d. Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
e. Lincoln-Douglas debates
8
Which event happened third?
a. Formation of the Confederate States of America
b. Passage of the Missouri Compromise
c. Publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
d. Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
e. Lincoln-Douglas debates
9
Which event happened fourth?
a. Formation of the Confederate States of America
b. Passage of the Missouri Compromise
c. Publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
d. Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
e. Lincoln-Douglas debates
10
Which event happened fifth?
a. Formation of the Confederate States of America
b. Passage of the Missouri Compromise
c. Publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
d. Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
e. Lincoln-Douglas debates
11
In the years before 1860, the most serious sectional conflicts
developed between people in the North and people in the South.
a. true
b. false
12
The free black population of the North was larger than the slave
population of the South.
a. true
b. false
13
The economy of the South was based on large plantations that grew
cotton, tobacco, rice, and sugar cane.
a. true
b. false
14
The invention of the cotton gin reduced the need for slaves.
a. true
b. false
15
The idea of states' rights was more strongly supported in the South
than in the North.
a. true
b. false
16
Slaves had the same rights held by other people except that they
were unable to change jobs.
a. true
b. false
17
The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 were attempts by
the federal government to settle the issue of slavery in politics.
a. true
b. false
18
Under the Fugitive Slave Act, a black person could have a trial to
prove that he or she was not an escaped slave.
a. true
b. false
19
The new Republican party was opposed to both the spread of slavery
into the territories and the existence of slavery in the states.
a. true
b. false
20
Sectional interest was a major factor in the Election of 1860.
a. true
b. false