The Compromise of 1850 _____.

admitted California to the Union as a free state

What did the Compromise of 1850 NOT do?

Solved the slavery issue forever

Why is the Battle of Ft. Sumter important?

It was the first shots of the war fired by the Confederacy

What caused Bleeding Kansas?

Pro and anti slavery fight to make Kansas a free or slave state

Why did John Brown raid Harper's Ferry?

To get weapons to arm slaves and prepare a slave uprising

Why was the Lincoln Douglas debates important for Abraham Lincoln.

He became well known throughout the country

Who was Frederick Douglass?

a slave that escaped and became the leading abolitionist

What's not true about the Kansas-Nebraska act?

Made the 36-30 line for slavery

What's not true about Stephen Douglas?

He lost the 1858 Election to Lincoln for Senate

What did Nat Turner do?

Lead the most famous slave rebellion

Who was Harriet Tubman?

A conductor on the Underground Railroad.

A slave that filed a lawsuit for freedom

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1
The Compromise of 1850 _____.
admitted Maine (free) and Missouri (slave) to the Union
created the latitude 36°30′ north division line
admitted California to the Union as a free state
ended conflict in Kansas
2
What did the Compromise of 1850 NOT do?
Force northerners to return an escaped slave
Banned the SLAVE TRADE in Washington D.C
Solved the slavery issue forever
Admit California as a free state
3
The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by ____.
John Cena
Henry Clay
Harriet Beecher Stowe
George Washington
4
Why is the Battle of Ft. Sumter important?
It was the first shots of the war fired by the Confederacy
It is the bloodiest single day battle
It is the beginning of the end for the Confederacy
It was a sneak attack by the union
5
Ft Sumter is in
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Maryland
6
Who pushed for the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Abraham Lincoln
William Jennings Bryan
Stephen A. Douglas
Charles Curtis
7
What caused Bleeding Kansas?
Americans fighting Mexicans
Americans fighting British
Pro and anti slavery fight to make Kansas a free or slave state
Americans fighting Native Americans
8
The Underground Railroad was
a secret way to help slaves
group of people who worked together to hide and save slaves
a "train" that went from the South to the North
all of them
9
Jefferson Davis ordered the attack on Ft. Sumter before it could be re-supplied.
False
True
10
Why did John Brown raid Harper's Ferry?
To get weapons to arm slaves and prepare a slave uprising
To die
To control it and make it part of the Underground Railroad
To get food
11
Harriet Tubman was...
An engineer
A professional swimmer
An abolitionist
A masseuse
12
The Underground Railroad was a real railroad.
True
False
13
who won the 1860 election?
Bell
Douglas
Breckinridge
Lincoln
14
the Kansas Nebraska act allowed...
state senate to decide
keep a balance
popular sovereignty
congress to decide
15
Who led forces to stop the raid at Harpers Ferry?
Thomas Jackson
Nathan Goff
Robert E. Lee
U.S. Grant
16
Why was the Lincoln Douglas Debates bad for Stephen Douglas?
Douglas lost his Senate Seat
Douglas lost southern support
Douglas lost Northern Support
Douglas did not debate well
17
Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry
Nat Turner
John Brown
Dred Scott
Walt Whitman
18
What State were Lincoln and Douglas fighting over for senate?
Louisiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Idaho
19
Why was the Lincoln Douglas debates important for Abraham Lincoln.
He became well known throughout the country
Lincoln won the US Senate Race
Lincoln got the South to Like him
Lincoln got the Kansas Nebraska Act removed
20
Why did John Brown raid Harpers Ferry?
Start a civil war
Lower the tax on ferry tickets
Start an armed slave revolt
To keep slaves
21
Who was Frederick Douglass?
A inventor that worked with Albert Einstein on the light bulb
wealthy white man
a slave that escaped and became the leading abolitionist
the first African American army engineer
22
What's not true about the Kansas-Nebraska act?
caused the violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas”
Douglas needed southern support for his railroad
Made the 36-30 line for slavery
Popular sovereignty; territories decide if they would allow slavery.
23
The Liberator was...
a book
an abolitionist newspaper
an abolitionist
a boat
24
What's not true about Stephen Douglas?
He lost the 1858 Election to Lincoln for Senate
Argued with Abraham Lincoln
A man who believed in Popular Sovereighty
Invested in the railroad
25
What did Nat Turner do?
Abolitionist
Created the Underground Railroad
An author who wrote about his experiences
Lead the most famous slave rebellion
26
Who was Harriet Tubman?
An ordinary women.
A nobody.
A member of John Brown's crew.
A conductor on the Underground Railroad.
27
Who is Dred Scott?
A character from a movie
A Person
A white landowner
A slave that filed a lawsuit for freedom
28
Most outspoken black abolitionist, created the North Star Newspaper
Frederick Douglass
William Llyod Garrison
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman

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