What is a Proclamation?

An important official announcement.

The Kansas Nebraska Act did what?

Allowed people in each state to vote for slavery or against slavery

The compromise of 1850 appealed to people in the South for several reasons including…

It included the Fugitive Slave Act.

What were "vigilance" groups?

Groups that kept a careful watch on what was going on in communities.

In the Supreme Court case Dred Scott V. Sandford what was Scott’s claim (argument for Freedom)?

That his time spent in a free territory meant he should be free.

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Pre-Civil War Review

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1
What is a Proclamation?
An important official announcement.
A debate between pro and anti-slavery supporters.
A law passed only in the South.
A letter wrote to the president.
2
John Brown believed in using
money to end slavery
political means to end salvery
Physical means to end slavery
speeches to end slavery
3
Who were the abolitionists
People who turned in freed slaves
People who wanted to continue slavery
People who wanted end salvery
4
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Henry Clay
Mark Browne
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln
5
Northern law makers cared A LOT about black civil rights
True
False
6
What state became a free state AFTER the compromise of 1850?
California
Minnesota
Arkansas
New Mexico
7
This book discussed the horrors of slavery and sold over 100,000 copies.
Cotton In The South
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Southern Plantation Life
The Life and Times of a Slave
8
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
John Addams
9
What is abolitionism?
A movement to increase slavwery in the north.
A movement to end slavery.
A movement to continue the slave trade.
A movement by Southern land owners to enforce the fugitive slave law.
10
The Kansas Nebraska Act did what?
Allowed people in each state to vote for slavery or against slavery
Made Kansas and Nebraska slave states with no popular vote.
Made New Mexico a slave state
It didn't do anything, its not real.
11
He attacked the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry and wanted to start a slave rebellion.
John Brownstein
John Addams
John Brown
John Brownstone
12
The compromise of 1850 appealed to people in the South for several reasons including…
It admitted California as a free state.
It admitted New Mexico as a slave state.
It included the Fugitive Slave Act.
It added to the debts help by Texans.
13
The idea that people in a territory should vote on whether or not to allow slavery is called….
The Wilmot Proviso
Popular Ideas
Popular Sovereignty
Emancipation Proclamation
14
Kansas was given this nickname due to fighting taking place between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters.
Bleeding Kansas
Brawling Kansas
Disputing Kansas
Fighting Kansas
15
Harriet Tubman excaped salvery to this state in 1849
Washington DC
Maryland
Pennslyvania
New York
16
Who is John Brown
An anti-slavery politician
A Pro-Slave Supporter
A Slave owner
an abolitionist
17
What were "vigilance" groups?
Groups that kept a careful watch on what was going on in communities.
Groups that discussed politics
Groups organized to protect salve owners
Groups that pushed for the expansion of slavery
18
In the Supreme Court case Dred Scott V. Sandford what was Scott’s claim (argument for Freedom)?
That the Kansas-Nebraska Act violated his rights so he should be free.
That his time spent in a free territory meant he should be free.
That he had been illegally captured in the North so he should be free
That he had been treated badly by his owner so he should be free.

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