18. When Douglas divided Nebraska Territory into two territories, he expected po

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18. When Douglas divided Nebraska Territory into two territories, he expected popular sovereignty to A) Eventually be applied to states already in the Union. B) Produce civil war so the issue could be decided once and for all. C) Resolve all issues of slavery in territories. D) Result in one slave state and one free state. 19. What did Abraham Lincoln demand in 1854? A) The abolition of slavery B) The restoration of the Missouri Compromise. C) The nullification of the Fugitive Slave Act D) The impeachment of Stephen C. Douglas. Who was the first presidential candidate of the new Republican Party? A) B) C) D) 20. Abraham Lincoln. Andrew Johnson. John C. Fremont. William Henry Seward. 21. What issue held the unwieldy Republican coalition together? A) Banning the slave market in Washington, D.C. B) Creating a federal agency to assist former slaves. C) Immediate and uncompensated prohibition. D) Opposition to slavery's expansion in western territories. What created the uproar in the northern reaction to Judge Roger Brooke Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case? A) John Emerson had no authority to take Scott to Illinois and Minnesota. B) Scott could never be free, but his children could be freed if they moved to a state 22. C) D) that banned slavery Scott had to spend 20 more years as a slave in Missouri. Scott was not a citizen because he was black. 23. Justice Roger Brooke Taney ruled that Congress had erred in the Missouri Compromise because that body A) Could not act in such matters without the Court's approval. B) Had infringed on the property rights of southerners by banning slavery from the territory C) Had violated the principle of states' rights guaranteed in the Tenth Amendment D) Misjudged Missouri's readiness for statehood.

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Ans 18.(D) Result in one slave state and one free state.

Ans19.(B)

Ans 20.(C)John C. Fremont

Ans 21.(D)Opposition to slavery's expansion in the western territories.

Ans 22.(D) Scott was not a citizen because he was black.

Ans 23.(B) had infringed on the property rights of southerners by banning slavery from the territory.

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