APUSH Period 5.1 (Ch. 16 & 18) Quiz - SY2021

There were more slave states than free states in the Union.

Slavery was banned north of 36°30’ in the Louisiana Purchase territory, except in Missouri.

Missourians were required to free their slaves when they reached full adulthood.

The balance of power in the Senate tipped toward the free states.

resembled an aristocracy in which wealth and power was concentrated at the top in a small group of people.

became more democratic and open to newcomers.

included no expectation that planter aristocrats had any obligation to serve the public as politicians or statesmen.

was very financially stable over many years.

conducting periodic slave rebellions,

slowing down the pace of their labor.

All answer choices are correct.

running away from their masters.

widespread voting rights.

discrimination concerning employment, suffrage, and a public education.

high quality education that opened the door to economic opportunity.

living conditions that were nearly equal to those for whites.

Many slaves were able to buy their freedom.

Slave owners had a special status of privilege.

Slavery was the sole cause for a single crop agricultural system.

Many slave revolts resulted in freedom for thousands of slaves before the Civil War.

formed a union to prevent the abolitionists from gaining power.

provided separate villages for the slaves to come together for worship and marriage.

empowered by the slave revolts became less harsh toward their slaves.

created a set of proslavery arguments justifying slavery as a positive good.

popular sovereignty would almost certainly prevent the spread of slavery.

the plantation system was unsuited to life on the Western frontier.

the Supreme Court might issue rulings against slavery.

the admission of California might permanently tip the political balance against them.

three-fifths provision of the Constitution.

Wilmot Proviso.

Missouri Compromise.

Northwest Ordinance.

the economic necessity of the institution.

the Constitution’s protections of states’ rights.

support for the Northern labor market.

theories about racial superiority.

widespread opposition to the Civil War.

the demise of the two-party system.

increased sectional divisions between the North and South.

increased support for westward expansion.