In the south, after the invention of the cotton gin,

planters bought more land and more slaves.

What did abolitionists do to stop slavery?

gave speeches and wrote against slavery

free blacks and whites, men and women

Where did the Underground Railroad lead?

to the North, Canada, Florida, Bahamas

In the Dred Scott decision

enslaved people were property and had no rights

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Causes of the Civil War

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1
People who guide runaway slaves to the next stop.
helpers
conductors
Guides
leaders
2
A person running from the law.
slave
lost cause
criminal
fugitive
3
A person who joined the movement to end slavery is called
abolitionist
tariff
stationmaster
conductor
4
In the south, after the invention of the cotton gin,
planters bought less land and more slaves.
planters bought more land and more slaves.
planters bought more land and fewer slaves.
planters bought some land and stopped buying slaves.
5
Safe places to stop on the underground railroads.
station
plantations
stops
hideout
6
This man led a rebellion against slave owners.
Frederick Douglas
William Garrison
Nat Turner
Abraham Lincoln
7
The south's most important crop.
cotton
peaches
tobacco
corn on the cob
8
What did abolitionists do to stop slavery?
gave speeches and wrote against slavery
returned slaves to the south
made movies about slavery
purchased slaves and let them go
9
The Fugitive Slave Law ordered people to
return runaways to slavery.
return runaways to the North.
help slaves run away.
read Uncle Tom's Cabin.
10
The right of the people to make political decisions for themselves.
sovereign rights
popular vote
popular sovereignty
free choice
11
Congress gave popular soveignty so the people could decide whether or not to allow slavery.
Compromise of 1850.
Kansas Nebraska Act
Homestead Act
Missouri Compromise
12
A tariff is a
tax on exported goods
tax on newspapers
tax on pizza
tax on imported goods
13
Abolitionists were
free black men and white women
all black
all white
free blacks and whites, men and women
14
The Liberator received most of its money from
plantation owners
slaves
white women
free blacks
15
Where did the Underground Railroad lead?
to Africa
to Europe
to the North, Canada, Florida, Bahamas
to the southern states
16
In the Dred Scott decision
slavery was illegal in all territories.
enslaved people became free if they moved to a free state.
enslaved people were property and had no rights
enslaved people had the same rights as all Americans.

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