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- 1. Multiple Choice
What do you call a person who was opposed to slavery and worked toward ending it?
Fugitive
Abolitionist
Secessionist
Whig
- 2. Multiple Choice
This means that the people get to decide on an issue, including whether or not to allow slavery in their territory
Abolition
Secede
Popular sovereignty
Populist
- 3. Multiple Choice
To withdraw or leave are synonyms of this word:
Fugitive
Secede
Popular sovereignty
Compromise
- 4. Multiple Choice
Runaway slaves used the ______ to escape to the North and freedom.
Transcontinental Railroad
Underground Railroad
Escaped Slave Expressway
The Ohio River
- 5. Multiple Choice
This slave led a rebellion in Virginia that killed at least 55 people
Gabriel
Denmark Vesey
Nat Turner
John Brown
- 6. Multiple Choice
This law allowed government officials to arrest anyone suspected of being a runaway slave
Dred Scott case
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Slave codes
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
- 7. Multiple Choice
This novel explored the harsh realities of slavery and let readers see what slavery was really like
La Amistad
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Gettysburg Address
Slave codes
- 8. Multiple Choice
California would enter the union as a free state and a tough new law dealing with runaway slaves was part of _______?
Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Dred Scott case
Slave codes
- 9. Multiple Choice
The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere
Uncle Tom
John Brown
Nat Turner
Dred Scott
- 10. Multiple Choice
This abolitionist took part in "Bleeding Kansas" and led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA
Dred Scott
Jefferson Davis
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
- 11. Multiple Choice
This was the first state to secede when Abraham lincoln was elected president
North Carolina
South Carolina
Missouri
Alabama
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the capital of the Confederate States?
Washington, DC
Richmond, VA
Gettysburg, PA
Raleigh, NC
- 13. Multiple Choice
Soldiers for the North wore ______, soldiers for the South wore ________.
Gray, blue
Red, blue
Blue, gray
Blue, red
- 14. Multiple Choice
These states allowed slavery but did not secede from the Union.
Free states
Border states
Slave states
Territories
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why was it important that Maryland did NOT secede from the Union?
Maryland grew most of the nation's corn
Maryland controls access to the Ohio river
All railroads go through Maryland
Washington DC would have been surrounded by Confederate states
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who was president of the Confederate States during the war?
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North?
More factories
Most of the nation's best generals
Larger population
Better railroads
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the South?
Lots of cotton
Better military generals
A desire to win and protect their homeland
Had a larger population
- 19. Multiple Choice
The Union's plan for winning the war was called________?
Northern Plan for Victory
Rattlesnake Plan
Anaconda Plan
Strangulation Plan
- 20. Multiple Choice
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort on April 12, 1861
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Slocum
Fort Sumter
Fort Hall
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