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Name: Date: APUSH  Chapter 17-21/ RB 12-14 Group Quiz ** Directions: ** Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet. 1.  The Republican Party originated in the mid-1850s as a sectional party committed to which of the following? (A)  opposition to the further extension of slavery into the territories (B)  immediate emancipation of the slaves (C)  repeal of Whig economic policies (D)  restriction of immigration (E)  acknowledgement of popular sovereignty as the basis for organizing federal territories 2.  The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for (A)  the prohibition of slavery in Louisiana Purchase territory (B)  the primacy of federal law over state-legislated Black Codes (C)  the abolition of the internal slave trade (D)  the prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War (E)  federal return of fugitive slaves 3.  The majority of white families in the antebellum South owned (A)  more than 100 slaves (B)  50 to 100 slaves (C)  10 to 50 slaves (D)  5 to 10 slaves (E)  no slaves 4.  All of the following contributed to the growth of the free African American population in the United States in the early 19th century EXCEPT (A)  the gradual emancipation laws of individual states (B)  manumission granted for Revolutionary War service (C)  manumission granted by slaveholders’ wills (D)  natural increase among free African Americans (E)  federal constitutional provisions for emancipation 5.  All of the following figured prominently in debates over the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT the (A)  provision for a new Fugitive Slave Law (B)  slave trade in District of Columbia (C)  admission of California into the Union as a free state (D)  future of slavery in Mexican Cession territories (E)  extension of slavery into Kansas and Nebraska territories 6.  Because of its acceptance of the States' Rights Doctrine, the Confederate Constitution most closely resembled (A)  the British Constitution (B)  the Articles of Confederation (C)  the Declaration of Independence (D)  the Olive Branch Petition (E)  the Constitution of the United States 7.  The status of slavery was influenced profoundly in 1832 when the state of Virginia (A)  put down the Gabriel Prosser slave rebellion (B)  debated the abolition of slavery (C)  instituted a program of gradual emancipation (D)  abolished property qualifications for office (E)  established the death penalty for owners who murdered slaves 8.  Which of the following statements about the Dred Scott decision is correct? (A)  it recognized the power of congress to prohibit slavery in the territories, but refused on technical grounds to free Scott (B)  it stated that black people were not citizens of the United States (C)  it upheld the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise (D)  it upheld the principle of popular sovereignty (E)  it freed Scott, but not other slaves in circumstances similar to Scott 9.  An important effect of the Tariff of Abominations of 1828 was (A)  increased prices for cotton overseas (B)  South Carolina ’s adoption of the theory of nullification (C)  the election of a democratic president, Andrew Jackson (D)  an alliance of northeastern workers and western farmers (E)  the growth of manufacturing in the south 10.  By 1850, free African-Americans generally (A)  had higher status than white yeoman farmers (B)  were descendants of slaved emancipated in the 1780’s and 1790’s (C)  owned their own land (D)  had the right to vote (E)  lived in the Lower South states of Louisiana and Arkansas 11.  One reason Texas became a complicated political issue was that (A)  American presidents were generally opposed to annexing Texas (B)  Texans generally did not want to merge with the United States (C)  Abolitionists opposed adding another slave state (D)  Abolitionists urged that Alaska enter the Union as a free state if Texas entered as a slave state (E)  Texas was entirely south of the Missouri Compromise line 12.  Which of the following activities was most commonly practiced by African Americans as a means of resisting slavery in the early 1800s? (A)  sit down strike (B)  legal action (C)  political action (D)  armed revolt (E)  work slowdown 13.  In Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837), the Supreme Court influenced the direction of economy by ruling (A)  mercantilism was the right economic philosophy for the nation (B)  the implied privileges of the old charters were valid (C)  one bridge was sufficient for traffic over the Charles River (D)  the charter of the Boston Associates was valid (E)  new enterprises could not be restrained by old charters 14. The south during the civil war, had the following advantage over the north: (A) stronger economy (B) more railroad mileage (C) better military leaders (D) more men for the army (E) larger navy 15. Abraham Lincoln’s decision to re-supply Fort Sumter led to   (A)  the Union call for a draft (B) the Confederacy call for a draft (C) the firing on Fort Sumter (D) draft riots in the south (E) secession of the 13 states from the union 16. What were “three hundred dollar men” in the Civil War? (A) highly sought after draftees with fighting skills (B) southerners paid to fight in the Union army (C) bounty jumpers (D) inadequate fighting men in the north (E) men who bought their way out of military service 17. The Union blockade of Confederate ports was (A) threatened by the powerful navies of Britain and France (B) continually leaky but eventually effective (C) immediately effective in capturing confederate blockade-running ships (D) largely ineffective in shutting off the sale of Confederate cotton in Europe (E) the plan of Robert E. Lee 18. Antietam was a crucial battle of the Civil War because (A) it ended any possibility of confederate invasion of the north (B) it destroyed Lee's army in the east (C) it fundamentally undermined confederate morale (D) Stonewall Jackson was killed at the battle (E) it prevented British and French recognition of the Confederacy 19. Officially, the Emancipation Proclamation freed only (A) slaves who had fled their masters and joined the Union army (B) slaves in those Confederate States still in rebellion (C) slaves in the Border States and areas under union army control (D) slaves in Washington D.C.    (E)  female slaves only