The Road to Civil War

Question 1

The first women to speak out against slavery were _________________

Accepted Answer

Angelina and Sarah Grimke

Question 2

The most famouse of the conducters of the Underground Railroad was __________________

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 3

Who was the most widely known African American abolitionist?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

Question 4

During the election of 1860, the Republican Candidate was _______

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 5

In 1859 John Brown led a raid in Harpers Ferry hoping to cause _________

Accepted Answer

a slave revolt

Question 6

There was a system of esape routes out of the South that was called _________________

Accepted Answer

the Underground Railroad

Question 7

States passed laws giving Native Americans a choice to move off their lands or ___________

Accepted Answer

face violence from whites

Question 8

Which group of Native Americans were told by courts that Georgia could not make them move?

Accepted Answer

Cherokee

Question 9

The law passed in the 1830 allowing Natives to be moved off their land was the ____

Accepted Answer

Indian Removal act

Question 10

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book showing slavery as cruel . It is called __________

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 11

In 1834 Congress created the Indian Territory. Today, this is the present state of ______?

Accepted Answer

Oklahoma

Question 12

Southern States said they would do what if a Republican were elected?

Accepted Answer

Leave the Union

Question 13

The "reformers" who first worked to end slavery were called _____________________.

Accepted Answer

Abolitionist

Question 14

In 1857 the Supreme Court made a decision on the Dred Scott case. The court decided that

Accepted Answer

slaves were property and therefore had no rights

Question 15

The first efforts to get rid of slavery were actually from those who wanted to ________ slaves

Accepted Answer

resettle

Question 16

In 1850 a law was passed requiring Northen States to return runaway slaves. It was called ?

Accepted Answer

Fugitive Slave Act

Questions 16