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Social Studies Chapter 12: Road to Civil War
Social Studies Chapter 12: Road to Civil War
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1
Who was Frederick Douglass?
an escaped slave and abolitionist
editor of The Liberator
leader of a slave revolt
a conductor on the Underground Railroad
2
The Supreme Court ruled that Congress couldn't ban slavery in
the Dred Scott Decision
Kansas Nebraska Act
the Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
3
Who earned a national reputation through seven debates?
John Brown
Stephen Douglas
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
4
Why was Harriet Tubman called the "Moses of her people"?
she led slaves to their freedom
she escaped from slavery
she was religious
she converted to Christianity
5
What led to violent confrontations between antislavery and proslavery forces in Kansas?
Fugitive Slave Act
Missouri Compromise
Kansas Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
6
What was the name of the new party formed on an antislavery platform in 1854?
Democrat Party
Republican Party
National Republican Party
Whig Party
7
The American Colonization Society aimed to
keep territories from allowing slavery
gradually abolish
start religious revivals
emancipate all slaves immediately
8
The phrase "Bleeding Kansas" referred to
the assault on Charles Sumner
the color of the rivers
violence between pro and antislavery in Kansas
the location of many Civil War battles in the state
9
What did John Brown believe would end slavery?
conscientious objection
nonviolent resistance
peaceful negotiations
armed rebellions
10
What was the five-point plan presented by Henry Clay and passed as separate proposals?
Compromise of 1820
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
11
What was the influential antislavery publication written by Angelina Grimke and Theodore Weld?
The Liberator
Uncle Tom's Cabin
American Slavery As It Is
The Missouri Compromise
12
Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
John Brown
Jim Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Sojourner Truth
13
What was formed in 1861 by the states that had seceded from the Union?
Confederate States of America
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Free-Soil Party
14
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Washington D.C.
on the Mason Dixon Line
the Alamo
15
Who escaped from slavery and was dedicated to the abolitionist and women's rights movements?
Sojourner Truth
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglass
Harriet Tubman
16
What impact did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 have on the Underground Railroad?
Its conductors were all arrested
It became weaker
It strengthened people's resolve to help slaves
It forced Northerners to return escaped slaves
17
Why did Southern states feel justified in seceding?
the North refused to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act
they viewed the Constitution as a contract between states
they feared the federal government would abolish slavery
all of the above
18
What is a strong allegiance to a particular region of the country callled?
sectionalism
dedication
abolition
nationalism
19
This was formed when candidates in 1848 elections took no stand on slavery in the territories
Republicans
Free Soil Party
Democrat Party
National Republicans
20
Who was the first Republican candidate for president?
John C. Fremont
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
21
What were people who worked hard to end slavery called?
emancipators
Rebublicans
sectionalists
abolitionists
22
How did Americans resist the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
by serving on juries¬ convicting people who broke the law
by following and announcing the presence of slave hunters
all of the above
by working on the Underground Railroad
23
Which act was meant to retain the balance between slave and free states?
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
24
How did the
Dred Scott
decision affect the spread of slavery?
it restricted it to states where it already existed
it removed all restrictions on its spread
it abolished the slave trade
it abolished slavery
25
The Grimke sisters from South Carolina
wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
supported slavery
supported the gradual abolition of slavery
freed their slaves
26
The effect of protective tariffs was to
harm the local industry
raise the price of local goods
raise the price of cotton
raise the price of imports
27
Which state was the first to vote to secede from the U.S. after the election of 1860?
South Carolina
North Carolina
Maryland
Mississippi
28
Which act allowed settlers of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether to allow slavery?
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
American Colonization Society
29
What reinvigorated the antislavery movement after 1830?
the failure of the gradual approach to ending slavery
all of the above
increasing dependence on slaves in the Deep South
religious revivals and reform movements
30
Who stated in his First Inaugural Address that Southern states wouldn't be allowed to secede?
Abraham Lincoln
John Smith
Sojourner Truth
John Brown
31
What was the popular antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Tthe Liberator
the Dred Scott Decision
American Slavery As It Is
Uncle Tom's Cabin
32
Who was the pro-slavery Representative who brutally attacked an antislavery Senator?
Sojourner Truth
Preston Brooks
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
33
The Bonny Blue Flag served as a symbol of
the Union
Jefferson Davies
the Confederate cause
the Civil War
34
This newspaper, by William Lloyd Garrison, called for immediate emancipation of slaves
The Liberator
American Slavery As It Is
Dred Scott
Uncle Tom's Cabin
35
Who did Republicans nominate for president in 1860?
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglass
Dred Scott
36
Stephen Douglas supported
protecting slaveholders' rights
restricting the spread of slavery
popular sovereignty
gradual emancipation
37
Which area of the country most strongly supported the war with Mexico?
the South
the North
settlers in the Oregon country
the East
38
How did the Compromise of 1850 affect the New Mexico Territory?
New Mexico won a border dispute with Texas
New Mexico had no slavery restrictions
both A and B
New Mexico would be admitted to the Union as a free state
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The Missouri Compromise passed because
the Republican Party supported it
didn't upset the balance of slave & free states in Congress
the raid on Harpers Ferry frightened the North and South
all of the above
