APUSH Period 5.1 (Ch. 16 & 18) Quiz - SY22

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

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

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.

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

became more democratic and open to newcomers.

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

was very financially stable over many years.

slowing down the pace of their labor.

conducting periodic slave rebellions,

running away from their masters.

All answer choices are correct.

discrimination concerning employment, suffrage, and a public education.

living conditions that were nearly equal to those for whites.

widespread voting rights.

high quality education that opened the door to economic opportunity.

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

Slave owners had a special status of privilege.

Many slaves were able to buy their freedom.

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

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

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.

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.

popular sovereignty would almost certainly prevent the spread of slavery.

three-fifths provision of the Constitution.

Missouri Compromise.

Northwest Ordinance.

Wilmot Proviso.

support for the Northern labor market.

the economic necessity of the institution.

theories about racial superiority.

the Constitution’s protections of states’ rights.

increased support for westward expansion.

increased sectional divisions between the North and South.

the demise of the two-party system.

widespread opposition to the Civil War.