What did Harriet Beecher Stowe hope to achieve by publishing Uncle Tom's Cabin? Pick 2.

help people understand the horrors of slavery.

How did Northerners and Southerners feel about the actions of John Brown?

North view him as hero and the south viewed him as a traitor.

What was Stowe's purpose for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin?

describe the cruel treatment of slaves in the United States

Why did southerners feel like their rights as citizens were being threatened by the federal government?

the federal government was too involved in state issues

Why did John Brown attack a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859?

to obtain guns to arm slaves and carry out a rebellion

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What did Harriet Beecher Stowe hope to achieve by publishing Uncle Tom's Cabin? Pick 2.
to convince people that all Northerners were kind.
to help people understand the economic importance of slavery.
help people understand the horrors of slavery.
2
How did Northerners and Southerners feel about the actions of John Brown?
Both believed Brown was a traitor for attacking federal troops.
North view him as hero and the south viewed him as a traitor.
Both believed Brown was a hero for standing up against slavery.
3
What was Stowe's purpose for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin?
describe the cruel treatment of slaves in the United States
to convince Northern abolitionists to return runaway slaves
to convince people that slavery was good
4
Why did southerners feel like their rights as citizens were being threatened by the federal government?
states refused to allow the federal government to rule
laws limiting number of slaves living on northern plantations
the federal government was too involved in state issues
5
The US Capitol Building is located where?
NIagra Falls
Washington DC
St Louis Mo
South Dakota
6
Before the war, Southerners did not believe that the government should
print money
set tariffs
increase taxes
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Which right did southern politicians claim belonged to the states and not the federal government?
regulate slavery
declare war
establish treaties
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Why did John Brown attack a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859?
to obtain guns to use to capture escaped slaves
to convince the Northern states to secede from the Union
to convince the federal government to invade the South
to obtain guns to arm slaves and carry out a rebellion

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