Supreme Court declared slaves were not citizens, but property

Which was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?

Maintain the existing Fugitive Slave Law

Who was Roger B. Taney?

The Cheif Justice of the Supreme court during the Dred Scott case

What was Bleeding Kansas?

A series of violent attacks between pro and anit-slavery advocates.

The Fugitive Slave Act was......

..an 1850 law that said people had to return runaway slaves.

Why did John Brown raid Harper's Ferry?

To get weapons to arm slaves and prepare a slave uprising

what happened at Fort Sumter?

the first battle that started the civil war

the deliberate spread of false or exaggerated information

What did Lincoln famously say during a debate against Stephen Douglas?

A house divided against itself cannot stand

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1
What did Stephen Douglas believe in?
Popular Sovereignty
Sectionism
Republican Values
Abolition
2
The Dred Scott decision said that
Slaves were free in free territories
Slaves were not free in slave states
Slaves were not citizens
Slaves had rights under the Constitution
3
Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court declared slaves were not citizens, but property
when the U.S. military enacted the draft for all formerly enslaved men
a political party that was dedicated to the abolition of slavery
an amendment banning slavery in the U.S.
4
Where is Fort Sumter
Georgia
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
5
Who was the Constitutional union Candidate in 1860
John bell
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
John C. breckinridge
6
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Conductor of Underground Railroad
author of Runaway Slaves
author of Gone with the Wind
7
Which was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?
Ban the slave trade in Washington D.C.
Admit California to the Union as a free state
Divide the remainder of the Mexican Cession into Utah and NM
Maintain the existing Fugitive Slave Law
8
The Know Nothing party was an anti immigration party.
False
True
9
Who was the Northern Democrat candidate for the Election of 1860?
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln
John Brekenridge
Stephan Douglas
10
Who became president of the Confederate States of America?
Pierre Beauraguard
John Breckenridge
John Bell
Jeffeson Davis
11
The Southern Democrat candidate for the election of 1860 was
Stephan Douglas
John Breckenridge
Winfield Scott
John Bell
12
Who was Roger B. Taney?
The Cheif Justice of the Supreme court during the Dred Scott case
The man who proposed the Missouri Compromise
A fugitive slave
A violent abolitionist
13
The Fugitive Slave Act was added to...
The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Dred Scott Decision
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
14
Which act repealed the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Law
Wilmot Proviso
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
15
The first state to secede was
Georgia
Texas
South Carolina
North Carolina
16
What state was Stephen Douglas a Senator from?
Illinois
Massachusetts
South Carolina
New York
17
What was Bleeding Kansas?
A opera about the fight for freedom in Kansas.
A series of violent attacks between pro and anit-slavery advocates.
A book about the patriotism of the people of Kansas.
Peaceful protest promoting slavery in Kansas-Missouri territory.
18
Who surrendered at Fort Sumter?
Robert Anderson
John Brown
Robert E Lee
Pierre Beauraguard
19
The Fugitive Slave Act was......
...was the last straw that made the South leave the Union.
...was a play that starred Hamilton.
...when slaves got away the law said they were free forever.
..an 1850 law that said people had to return runaway slaves.
20
Who won the election of 1860?
Stephen Douglas
Thomas Jefferson
John Breckinridge
Abraham Lincoln
21
Why did John Brown raid Harper's Ferry?
To get weapons to arm slaves and prepare a slave uprising
To get food
To control it and make it part of the Underground Railroad
To die
22
what happened at Fort Sumter?
There was an assassination attempt on Lincoln.
the first battle that started the civil war
Federal troops maintained control of Fort
the most important battle for Union
23
Propoganda is
lunchtime meal.
the deliberate spread of false or exaggerated information
a person who is falsely blamed
the leader of the Nazi party
24
What did Lincoln famously say during a debate against Stephen Douglas?
That there would be no use of force against the South
A house divided against itself cannot stand
America will never be destroyed from the outside.
To care for him who shall have borne the battle, for his widow, and orphan.
25
Where was the capital of the Confederacy?
Charleston
Baltimore
Richmond
Jackson
26
John Crittendon's compromise failed in a final effort to save the Union.
False
True
27
The compromise of 1850 was proposed by ____.
Henry Clay
Roger Taney
Stephan Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
28
John Brown unsuccessfully tried to start a slave revolt at
Charleston
Harpers Ferry
Richmond
Ft. Sumter

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