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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was elected President in 1860?
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
John Bell
John Breckinridge
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which compromise outlawed slavery above the 36 30' line in the Louisiana Territory?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Louisiana Compromise
- 3. Multiple Choice
This law required the return of runaway slaves even in free states and affected free African-Americans as well.
Runaway and Return Act
Underground Railroad Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Southern Slave Act
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which region had an economy primarily based on agriculture and slave labor.
North
South
West
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT an event that caused division between the North and South?
Wilmot Proviso
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Indian Removal Act
- 6. Multiple Choice
This individual sued his slave owner for his freedom but lost his case as was declared a slave for life.
Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. DuBois
Dred Scott
Hiram Rhodes Revels
- 7. Multiple Choice
"People can now vote on slavery! There has been so much fighting and bloodshed lately!" Which act/event is best described by this statement?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Wilmot Proviso
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which set of words best describes the "Nullification Crisis"?
tariffs, manufacturing, James K. Polk, Alabama, cotton, nullify
South Carolina, tariffs, unconstitutional, cotton, John C. Calhoun, nullify
Andrew Jackson, Native Americans, Georgia, Cherokee, Supreme Court
Andrew Jackson, tariffs, Mexican Cession, manufacturing, Cherokee, Florida
- 9. Multiple Choice
This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe brought awareness to slavery and helped increase abolition.
The Underground Railroad
The Scarlet Letter
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which two states were added as a result of a compromise passed in 1820?
Kansas and Nebraska
California and Nebraska
Kansas and Missouri
Missouri and Maine
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