Why was slavery important in the South?

plantation owners needed more farm hands to work on the land

What was "Bleeding Kansas"?

Fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups

What the South got in the Compromise of 1850 for letting California become a free state.

Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

This compromise allowed Maine and Missouri to enter the Union.

The Missouri Compromise of 1820

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1
Which part of the country had more railroads before the Civil War?
North
East
South
West
2
Why was slavery important in the South?
plantations owners needed slaves to cook meals for them
factories began to spread and needed free labor
plantation owners needed more farm hands to work on the land
the North needed more cotton for their factories
3
A person who fought for the end of slavery was called
a communist
an abolitionist
a slave protector
a southerner
4
What territory became a battleground for pro and anti slavery groups?
Oregon
The Southern States
Kansas-Nebraska
Texas
5
Who was the slave who sued for his freedom, and lost to the Supreme Court?
Dred Scott
Sojourner Truth
Nat Turner
Frederick Douglass
6
This term describes the practice of working toward a goal that is best for a certain region.
conflict
sectionalism
abolition
compromise
7
What was "Bleeding Kansas"?
Reaction to the U.S. ruling against Dred Scott
Fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups
Attacks on job-seeking Irish immigrants
Conflict between cattle ranchers and farmers
8
What the South got in the Compromise of 1850 for letting California become a free state.
Creation of the Kansas Territory
Permission to form the Confederate States of America
Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
A removal of taxes on imports
9
Which was against state's rights?
North
South
10
This compromise allowed Maine and Missouri to enter the Union.
The Dred Scott Decision
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
11
What law tried to balance the number of free states and slave states?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Missouri Compromise
The Fugitive Slave Law
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
12
Fugitive Slave Act was added to
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
13
Who was an abolitionist?
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
All of the Above
William Lloyd Garrison
14
The idea that people in an area should decide if they wanted slavery or not is called
popular sovereignty
making a deal
abolitionism
compromise
15
The South's economy was based primarily on this
farming/agriculture
computer/technology
manufacturing
creating films
16
What did John Brown hope to accomplish by taking over Harpers Ferry arsenal?
all of the above
he hoped to arm the slaves so they could fight back
he hoped to start a revolt among the slaves
he hoped to end slavery in the South

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