What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

To help slaves escape from the south to the north.

What is an abolitionist?

A person that fights to end slavery.

Which of the following actions did Harriet Tubman partake in?

She helped many slaves gain their freedom.

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

A fight in congress that let KS and NE vote on slavery.

What were the terms of the Wilmot Proviso?

Slavery would be banned in all of the new land from Mexico.

What did the American Colonization Society do to help end slavery?

Buy slaves and send them to Africa and the Carribbean..

William Lloyd Garrison advocated for "immediate emancipation," what does that mean?

Immediately freeing the slaves.

Which states remained in the union at the onset of the Civil War?

The free states as well as the upper southern states.

studbud

Road to the Civil War Quiz

15 termsStudBud Administration478 plays

Unit quiz for the years preceding the United States Civil War.

Flashcards15 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 15

Answers

1
What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?
To take a train for travel.
To help slaves escape from the south to the north.
To help southern plantation owners transport cotton.
To help slaves to contact their loved ones.
2
What is an abolitionist?
A person that fights to end agriculture.
A person that takes care of animals.
A person that fights to end slavery.
A person that cooks.
3
The Missouri Compromise preserved the balance between ______________________________
the north and the south.
free states and slave states.
Mexico and the United States.
cotton and indigo.
4
What is the vocabulary word that means giving people the right to decide an issue themselves?
Parliamentary Government
Popular Sovereignty
Free Choice
Majority Rule
5
Which of the following actions did Harriet Tubman partake in?
She helped to create the $20 bill.
She helped many slaves gain their freedom.
She helped to create the railroad system.
She helped Lincoln become president.
6
The Compromise of 1850 stated that ____________________
New Mexico Territory would have no limits on slavery.
all of the above.
California would be admitted as a free state.
the slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.
7
Who seceded from the United States?
The south
The north
The west
The big states
8
Who invented the cotton gin?
Isaac Newton
Eli Whitney
Bill Gates
Thomas Edison
9
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A border dispute between Kansas and Nebraska.
A fight in congress that let KS and NE vote on slavery.
An act that let Kansas and Nebraska choose their capitals.
An act that allowed these territories to become states.
10
Who wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin that turned the north against the cruelties of slavery?
Harriet Tubman
Susan B. Anthony
Mary Todd Lincoln
Harriet Beecher Stowe
11
What were the terms of the Wilmot Proviso?
The United States would split into two countries.
Slaves would be freed on July 4, 1859.
Slavery would be banned sometime in the future.
Slavery would be banned in all of the new land from Mexico.
12
Which man believed that the only way to end slavery was through violence?
Johnny Appleseed
Frederick Douglass
Thomas Jefferson
John Brown
13
What did the American Colonization Society do to help end slavery?
They armed slaves.
They asked President Lincoln to free the slaves.
They held meetings to convince people to end slavery.
Buy slaves and send them to Africa and the Carribbean..
14
William Lloyd Garrison advocated for "immediate emancipation," what does that mean?
Throwing all the salve owners in prison.
Gradually freeing the slaves.
Immediately freeing the slaves.
Immediately ending the plantation system.
15
Which states remained in the union at the onset of the Civil War?
All of the states stayed in the union.
The entire south seceded from the United States.
The free states as well as the upper southern states.
The union was completely dissolved.

Road to the Civil War Quiz Flashcards | StudBud