Pre-Civil War Test Review

Which of the following was NOT a method used by abolitionists to get their message to others?

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require of all U.S. citizens, whether they lived in a slave state or a free state?

Which of the following U.S. states fought a pre-Civil War war?

Which Supreme Court Case was argued by President John Quincy Adams?

What was the name given to people of the 19th century that wanted to end slavery in the United States?

Which of the following was NOT an argument used by abolitionists?

Which of the following is NOT a compromise concerning slavery in United States history?

Which U.S. Supreme court case held that the federal government had not consitutional right to decide issues of slavery?

What did the South's economy heavily depend upon?

Which of the following was NOT part of the abolitionist movement in the United States?

Which early American religious group was outspoken about ending slavery?

Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott case?

Which body of water was used for the American slave trade?

Which federal document originally banned slavery?

Which of the following refers to the right to vote?

Which of the following started the Liberator, an abolitionist publication?

What did the Continental Congress do to slow the spread of slavery?

Which of the following describes the belief that women should have equal rights to men?

Which of the following caused the issue of slavery to continue to be the main focus of the United States Congress?

Which of the following describes a rebillion to take control of a ship at sea?

When did the United States ban the importation of slaves?

Which of the following helped found and participated in the Underground Railroad?

Which amendment to the Bill of Rights establishes states' rights?

Which of the following means an honorable or worthy standard or goal?

Which of the following refers to a trade good brought into a country?

What was the name given to the belief that the U.S. should exapnd from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

Which was an American writer who spoke out for women's rights and was active in the abolitionist movement?

Which act led to the formation of the Republican party?

What legislation did the Kansas Nebraska Act nullify?

Which of the following abolitionists launched an unsuccessful raid on an armory in Harper's Ferry Virginia?

Which settlement was the first to have slaves in what is now the U.S.?

Which of the following means a settlement of differences in which each side gives up some of its demands?

What is the name used to describe people who seek to make changes to correct societal problems?

What area of the U.S. was addressed by the Missouri Compromise?

Who was an escaped slave who wrote his autobiography and also became the spokesperson for the abolitionist movement?

Which of the following was NOT an argument of pro-slavery forces?

Which group of Americans took up the mantle of abolition in concurrence with their fight for equality?

Which of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

Which of the following created the Mason-Dixon Line separating slave states from free states?

Which document outlines the U.S. plan of government?