<p> 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. </p><p>2) Explain why Northerners favored the Wilmot Proviso and why Southerners did not.</p><p>3) Why did California’s application for statehood cause an uproar?</p><p>4) What Northern issues and Southern issues were addressed by the Compromise of 1850?</p><p>5) What was the result of Douglas’s unbundling of Clay’s resolutions?</p><p>Section 2 6) What effect did the Fugitive Slave act have on abolitionist feelings in the North?</p><p>7) How did the Underground Railroad operate?</p><p>8) How did Northern and Southern reactions to Uncle Tom’s Cabin differ?</p><p>9) Explain why popular sovereignty was so controversial?</p><p>10) Why did Kansas become a center of controversy over the issue of slavery?</p><p>11) Describe Northern and Southern reactions to the incident between Brooks and Sumner.</p><p>Section 3 12) What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the Whig party?</p><p>13) What impact did the slavery issue have on the Democratic and Whig parties?</p><p>14) Why did most Free-Soilers object to slavery?</p><p>15) Why was the election of 1856 so important to the growth of the Republican party?</p><p>Section 4 16) What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?</p><p>17) Why did Buchanan support the Lecompton constitution?</p><p>18) Explain the similarities and differences between Lincoln’s position on slavery and that of Douglas.</p><p>19) Why did Harpers Ferry increase tensions between the North and the South? 20) How did slavery affect US political parties in 1860?</p><p>21) How did Lincoln’s election affect the South?</p>