What were the Lincoln Douglas Debates?

A series of debates over the expansion of slavery and what to do about it

Why was the Dred Scott case so important?

It upheld slavery denied black citizenship and dissolved Missouri Compromis

What was the fugitive slave act?

It allowed Southerners to go to the North to collect their runaways

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

It repealed the Missouri Compromise made territories Popular Sovereignty

What happened with John Brown and Harper's Ferry?

He attempted to make a slave revolt but it was put down by local soldiers

What was Bleeding Kansas?

It showed that armed conflict over the issue of slavery was unavoildable

Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin so important?

It pushed back against the ideas of slavery and showed the injustice

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1
What is the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
Articles of Confederation
Federalism
Popular Sovereingnty
Secession
2
Who was the slave that was taken to free states that appealed for freedom?
Stephen Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dred Scott
Harriet Tubman
3
What was the eleven Southern States that left the union and formed their own government called?
The Confederacy
The Dixiecrats
The Union
The Federal Confederacy
4
What were the Lincoln Douglas Debates?
A series of debates over the expansion of slavery and what to do about it
A series of debates over the issue of port taxes and states rights
Important points concerning the rights of western settlers making farms
A final argument concerning the Articles of Confederation
5
Why was the Dred Scott case so important?
It freed Dred Scott and gave him citizenship in Northern States only
It strengthed the institution of slavery throughout the nation
It dissolved the institution of slavery throughout the nation
It upheld slavery denied black citizenship and dissolved Missouri Compromis
6
Who was unanimously elected former senator of Mississippi to be President of the Confederate States of America
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Franklin Pierce
7
What was the fugitive slave act?
It allowed Southerners to go to the North to collect their runaways
Required that each slave be documented when travleing in a Northern State
This created the Underground railroad with free blacks and abolitionists
Forbade slaves to be able to go into a Northern State
8
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?
It repealed the Missouri Compromise made territories Popular Sovereignty
It made Northern States into slave states
This stopped the expansion West and killed Popular Sovereignty
It made Southern States into free states
9
What happened with John Brown and Harper's Ferry?
He attempted to make a slave revolt but it was put down by local soldiers
He went into the Southern States and overthrew the Virginia government
He rescued 300 slaves from the South in 19 trips and armed them for war
He attempted to go into Kansas and free the slaves in the territory
10
What was the final straw that made the South States leave the Union?
The 1860 Election
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
John Brown's Raid
11
What was written up that delt with the issues of slavery and territorial expansion West?
The Western Territory Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas Nebraska Act
The California Compromise
12
What is the right to vote for or against slavery, for residents of the New Mexico and Utah territories
Popular Sovereignty
The Fugitive Slave Act
The 7th Amendment
The Bill of Rights
13
What was Bleeding Kansas?
It showed that armed conflict over the issue of slavery was unavoildable
It showed that their were still peaceful means to use over slavery issues
The first battle of the American Civil War between the North and South
The first major battle with local indian tribes in the new Kansas State
14
What was the system of helping runaway slaves by free Blacks and White abolitionists
The Underground Railroad
The Great Leap Forward
The Quaker Trails
The Trail of Tears
15
Who was the Democratic incumbent for Illinois's 1858 Senate race?
Stephen Douglas
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Pierce
16
Who made 19 trips into the South rescued 300 slaves even their parents
Harriet Tubman
Dred Scott
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Franklin Pierce
17
Who would finally win the 1860 Presidential election?
Franklin Pierce
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
18
Who won the 1852 Presidency?
Stephen Douglas
John C. Calhoon
Franklin Pierce
Jefferson Davis
19
Who was the author of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
Andrew Johnson
Harriet Tubman
Stephen Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
20
Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin so important?
It supported the ideas that slavery should spread to the territories
It pushed back against the ideas of slavery and showed the injustice
This supported more books to be written about the good that slavery does
It convinced Quakers to rally agsinst slaveholders in the East

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