Events Leading to the Civil War Quiz
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What did Zachary Taylor believe was more important than the expansion of slavery?

  • Preserving the unity of the nation (correct)
  • Acquiring new territories
  • Enhancing individual freedoms
  • Promoting economic growth
  • Who supported the idea of popular sovereignty in the territories?

  • Martin Van Buren
  • Lewis Cass (correct)
  • Zachary Taylor
  • Millard Fillmore
  • Who became president after Zachary Taylor's death?

  • Martin Van Buren
  • Millard Fillmore (correct)
  • Lewis Cass
  • Zachary Taylor Jr.
  • Which former president supported excluding slavery from the territories?

    <p>Martin Van Buren</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What created a division of free and slave states at the 36 30’ line?

    <p>Missouri Compromise</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

    <p>It facilitated the capture and return of runaway slaves to their Southern owners.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What significant political consequence arose from the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

    <p>The creation of the Republican Party by members of Free Soil, Whig, and Democratic Parties.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one part of the Compromise of 1850 that benefited the South?

    <p>Popular Sovereignty used to decide on slavery in Kansas and Nebraska territories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Uncle Tom's Cabin achieve as a significant anti-slavery tool?

    <p>It made northerners and Europeans view all slave owners as inhuman.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act that benefited the North?

    <p>Southern support for a northern transcontinental railroad.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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