What did this case say to abolitionists

This government was not going to outlaw slavery and they must fight for it

Which of these is NOT true about the Missouri Compromise

Anyplace west of the line could not have slavery

What was Stephen Douglas trying to do by letting the people vote?

Organize the territories in a way that would deal with slavery

How did the author know so much about what life was like as a slave?

House was part of the underground railroad; talked to runaway slaves

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?

People must help capture and return runaway slaves

What did Henry Clay's Missouri Compromise achieve for America?

Kept us from going to war for more than a decade

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Semester Exam Review- Events Leading to the Civil War

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1
What did this case say to abolitionists
This government was not going to outlaw slavery and they must fight for it
They should wait patiently for Congress to change the laws
It was better for slavery to remain as it was
Compromises would continue to keep our country together
2
How did Lincoln arrive in Washington DC?
Arrived in the middle of the day by horse and carriage
Overnight train in disguise
Arrived with former slaves and had a dinner
Arrived by train and a crowd was there to greet him
3
Which of these is NOT true about the Missouri Compromise
Anyplace west of the line could not have slavery
north of the line no slavery, south of the line there coul
Kept the balance in the senate
A free state had to join the same time as a slave state
4
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery in her 20s. Over the next ____ years she went back ____ times
15,13
20, 10
10 , 11
10, 13
5
How old was Harriet Tubman when she was separated from her mother and sent to work on another plantation?
6
7
8
5
6
What was Henry Clay known as?
The Great Communicator
The Fighting Irish
The Kentucky Gentleman
The Great Compromiser
7
During the Civil War Harriet Tubman ________________
Freed 750 slaves from plantations in North Carolina
Lead soldiers into battle
Spied for the North
All of the above
8
What was Stephen Douglas trying to do by letting the people vote?
End slavery in any new territories and states
Give abolitionists more land than slave owners in new territories
Organize the territories in a way that would deal with slavery
Explain the Dred Scott Decision
9
What term means” let the people vote”?
Bleeding Kansas
The Great Compromise
Popular Sovereignty
Popular Compromise
10
What did Uncle Tom’s cabin show?
How important slavery was to the southern economy
How difficult it was to help slaves escape
What life was like on a slave ship
The cruelty of slavery
11
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beacher Stowe
Steven Douglas
Tom, a former slave
12
What law did away with the Missouri Compromise?
The Dred Scott Decision
The Kansas- Nebraska Act
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Great Compromise
13
Lincoln was elected as the first _____ president.
Northern
Republican
Southern
Democrat
14
How many people did Harriet Tubman lead to freedom during those years?
80
60
50
70
15
How did the author know so much about what life was like as a slave?
Grew up on a plantation with slaves
Had worked on a slave ship
House was part of the underground railroad; talked to runaway slaves
Had lived as a slave
16
Slaves were not citizens; Congress had a right to abolish slavery; Slaves not protected by US government- decided by
The Kansas Nebraska Act
The Dred Scott Decision -
The Missouri Compromise
The Fugitive Slave Act
17
What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?
Outlawed slavery in 12 states
Required Free Blacks to register in DC
People must help capture and return runaway slaves
Outlawed the Slave Trade in DC
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What did Henry Clay's Missouri Compromise achieve for America?
ended slavery in America
Kept us from going to war for more than a decade
sped up the Civil War
Ended the Fugitive Slave Act

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