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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWas the Underground Railroad actually underground?No, it was only called that because they had to keep secret.No, it ran on tracks above ground from south to north.Yes, the railroad was totally underground.Yes, and it ran for miles on end!
- 2. Multiple ChoicePeople who helped slaves, took the chance of being arrested and jailed if they were caught.TrueFalse
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhose economy depended on slave labor?neither the North or the SouthNorthboth the North and the SouthSouth
- 4. Multiple Choice
Case brought before the Supreme Court involving a slave wanted his freedom: Court decided African Americans CAN'T be citizens and can't sue in federal court.Dred Scott DecisionCompromise of 1850Kansas-Nebraska ActFugitive Slave Act - 5. Multiple ChoiceAct made it a federal law that all runaway slaves MUST be returned to their owners in the south.Fugitive Slave ActKansas-Nebraska ActDred Scott DecisionCompromise of 1850
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHarriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?Uncle Bob's StoriesUncle Tom's HotelUncle Joe's Best RecipesUncle Tom's Cabin
- 7. Multiple ChoiceJohn Brown was hanged for leading a raid on _____.Independence SquareTruman CornersHarper's FerryThe Landing
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?MissouriMaineKentuckyOhio
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat part of the Compromise of 1850 upset the North the most?Allowing California in as a free stateEnding the slave trade in Washington DCusing popular sovereignty to decide Utah and New Mexicothe stricter Fugitive Slave Act
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThis law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves.Missouri CompromiseFugitive Slave ActKansas Nebraska ActDred Scott Case
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThis law allowed slavery to expand in the West through popular sovereignty.Missouri CompromiseFugitive Slave ActKansas Nebraska ActDred Scott Case
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThis said all blacks were NOT US citizensMissouri CompromiseFugitive Slave ActKansas Nebraska ActDred Scott Case
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThis law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.Missouri CompromiseFugitive Slave ActKansas Nebraska ActDred Scott Case
- 14. Multiple Choice
Secede means
to win.
to lose.
to change.
to withdraw.
- 15. Multiple Choice
an 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery.
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Law
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the raid on Harper's Ferry important?It was a novel about slaveryIt was an example of an uprising against slaveryIt helped repeal the Fugitive Slave ActHarper's Ferry was a slave
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWho won the Election of 1860?Ulysses S GrantJefferson DavisAbraham LincolnUncle Tom
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