History Chapter 16 Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
The Whig Party selected Millard Fillmore as a presidential candidate in 1849	False, Zachary Taylor
The Missouri Compromise preserved the balance between slave states and free states	True
The Wilmont Proviso allowed California to enter the union as a free state	False
John C Calhoun offered a counter proposal to the Wilmont Proviso	True
Both Zachary Taylor and Lewis Cass ignored the issue of slavery during the 1848 presidential election True	True
This person won the 1848 Presidential Election	Zachary Taylor
Arose from the Lincoln-Douglas debates	Freeport Doctorine
Wrote "Civil Disobedience"	Henry David Thoreau
Stephen Douglas's resolution of Henry Clay's slavery plan	Compromise of 1850
Which of these was the result of enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act	Resolution of the slavery question
Which position did Franklin Pierce begin holding in 1853?	President of the United States
James Polk and the Democrats favored the annexation of which state?	Texas
What does abstain mean?	not to vote
Who was a violent opponent of slavery	John Brown
What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?	Slavery
Who believed that neither Congress nor local governments had the authority to ban slavery from a territory?	John C Calhoun
Which "property of this kind" is being referred to in Taney's decision?	Dred Scott and his family
The South was mostly pleased by the Dred Scott decision because the Supreme Court ruled that...	Restricting slavery was unconstitutional
The Supreme Court's ruling in Scott v Sanford...	outraged opponents of slavery.
How did many northerners react to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act?	It created a lot of tension in the North. It made them feel like they were a part of the slave system and they didn't want to be.
How did Henry David Thoreau believe people should deal with UNjust laws?	He believed you should follow laws UNLESS they go against your conscience.
Lincoln was elected president even though he received less than 1/2 of the popular vote. Explain why Lincoln won the election	He had more than enough ELECTORAL VOTES
Do you think two candidates running for the Democratic Party helped or hurt Lincoln's chances for winning the election?	It helped Lincoln and the republicans. The democrats couldn't agree and their votes were all split up.
Who won the 1860 Presidential Election?	Lincoln

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