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- 1. Multiple Choice
This voided the Missouri Compromise and removed the 36* 30' line.
Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Constitution
Lincoln/Douglas Debates
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes John Brown?
radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery
a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence
a pro-slavery Senator
a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery
- 3. Multiple Choice
Popular Sovereignty was the idea that
slavery would be banned in all future states.
the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.
the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.
slavery would be allowed in every future state.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?the expansion of slaverythe building of railroadsthe provision of women's suffragesupport for the homesteading
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThis was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery.Harriet's CabinUncle Tom's CabinSlaveryState's Rights
- 6. Multiple Choice
WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO THE COMPROMISE OF 1820MAINE WAS A FREE STATEMISSOURI WAS A SLAVE STATECALIFORNIA WAS A SLAVE STATENO SLAVERY ABOVE 36 30 LINE - 7. Multiple Choice
What did the Wilmot Proviso state?
Slavery should not expand into the territory acquired after the Mexican American War
All runway slaves who are captured must be brought back to their plantations in the southern states
The Slave Trade would end in 1845 for all states of the Union
Slavery would be permitted in some Northern states
- 8. Multiple ChoiceManifest Destiny was the belief that...It was the United States' God given right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.Native peoples in the United States should be treated with respect.The United States should respect the land claims of countries.All people in the United States should have the right to vote.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAbolitionist who raided the Harper's Ferry arsenal in 1859 to arm slaves to revolt.Harriet TubmanHarriet Beecher StoweJohn BrownWilliam Lloyd Garrison
- 10. Multiple Choice
The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...
Freedom Act.
Emancipation Act.
Slaveowners Act.
Fugitive Slave Act.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which was not true of the new Fugitive Slave Act?
Required policemen to arrest suspected runaways.
Punished those aiding runaway slaves with prison and a large fine.
Popular in the North.
Kept suspected slaves from testifying on their own behalf.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhy was popular sovereignty important in the Civil War?People living in a new territory to decide by vote of their territorial legislatureTo vote, you could send a letter of who you wanted to vote forIf you didn’t want to vote in another state you didn’t have toPeople that wanted to vote, but were in another state than the one you lived in could vote without signing papers
- 13. Multiple Choice
How did the Dred Scott case impact the civil war?
It impacted the civil war by making both sides of the slavery argument heat up.
It did not Impact the Civil War
It Added More Soldiers to the Sides
- 14. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would decide whether the territories became free or slave?popular sovereigntythe 36'30" parallelone would be a slave state, the other a free stateRock, Paper, Scissors
- 15. Multiple Choice
South Carolina seceded from the Union after -
a major tax increase from the federal government
Lincoln freeing all enslaved African Americans in the South
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the USA
Charleston's port being blockaded by the Lincoln
- 16. Multiple Choice
After Nat Turner's Rebellion, southern slave owners petitioned the government to?
make an agreement with England to increase cotton prices
expand slavery into Texas
pass harsher slave codes
make an agreement with northern factories to decrease cotton prices.
- 17. Multiple Choice
President Polk over saw the addition of which new territories?
New Mexico, Utah, & California as part of the Mexican Cession
Kansas, Nebraska & Texas as part of Kansas Nebraska Act
Oregon & Washington as part of the Oregon Compromise
California & Nevada as part of the Missouri Compromise
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