US History Chapter 10 Main Idea Questions

US History Chapter 10 – Main Idea Questions Section 1 1) List three ways in which the North and the South differed in the mid 1800’s.

2) Explain why Northerners favored the Wilmot Proviso and why Southerners did not.

3) Why did California’s application for statehood cause an uproar?

4) What Northern issues and Southern issues were addressed by the Compromise of 1850?

5) What was the result of Douglas’s unbundling of Clay’s resolutions?

Section 2 6) What effect did the Fugitive Slave act have on abolitionist feelings in the North?

7) How did the Underground Railroad operate?

8) How did Northern and Southern reactions to Uncle Tom’s Cabin differ?

9) Explain why popular sovereignty was so controversial?

10) Why did Kansas become a center of controversy over the issue of slavery?

11) Describe Northern and Southern reactions to the incident between Brooks and Sumner.

Section 3 12) What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the Whig party?

13) What impact did the slavery issue have on the Democratic and Whig parties?

14) Why did most Free-Soilers object to slavery?

15) Why was the election of 1856 so important to the growth of the Republican party?

Section 4 16) What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?

17) Why did Buchanan support the Lecompton constitution?

18) Explain the similarities and differences between Lincoln’s position on slavery and that of Douglas.

19) Why did Harpers Ferry increase tensions between the North and the South? 20) How did slavery affect US political parties in 1860?

21) How did Lincoln’s election affect the South?