Which of the following was a provision of the Fugitive Slave Act?

Escaped slaves living in the North could be recaptured

How did Lincoln respond when asked how he would deal with slavery once he was president?

He would not allow slavery to expand, but would enforce laws

What did most southern states do three months after Lincoln’s victory?

Established the Confederate States of America

Who used the Underground Railroad?

slaves who were trying to escape to freedom

Why was the Kansas Territory called “Bleeding Kansas” in 1856?

B/c of violence between proslavery and antislavery groups.

Why was California’s application for statehood controversial?

It would tip the balance between free and slave states

Which is one part of the Supreme Court ruling over the Dred Scott case?

The Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional

Which of the following was a reason Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860?

4 candidates split the vote & Lincoln came out with the most

Which was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850

Slavery would be banned in D.C.

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1
The decision to let popular sovereignty decide if a territory will be slave or free
Dred Scott Decision
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
2
Which of the following was a provision of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Slavery would be illegal in all states.
Escaped slaves that made it to the North would be free
Escaped slaves living in the North could be recaptured
Slavery would be legal in all states.
3
How did Lincoln respond when asked how he would deal with slavery once he was president?
He would ignore the issue.
He wouldn't enforce the Fugitive Slave Act
He would not allow slavery to expand, but would enforce laws
Slavery must be immediately abolished
4
What did most southern states do three months after Lincoln’s victory?
Set up meetings with the North to try to negotiate session
held a religious meeting to pray for the Union
held a series of debates over whether slavery was necessary
Established the Confederate States of America
5
Who used the Underground Railroad?
women who used slaves to do household chores
plantation owners who were trying to get more slaves
slaves who were trying to escape to freedom
politicians who wanted all states to be slave states
6
To leave or withdraw from the Union.
Articles II
Pancakes
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Secede
7
Who led the plot to start a slave rebellion in Virginia?
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dred Scott
Fredrick Douglas
8
Why was the Kansas Territory called “Bleeding Kansas” in 1856?
Hospitals were closed in Kansas due to a lack of funds.
B/c of violence between proslavery and antislavery groups.
Kansas was losing population to Missouri.
Native American groups were making frequent attacks
9
Why was California’s application for statehood controversial?
It would be the largest state.
It would be costly
It would tip the balance between free and slave states
It would lead to another war with Mexico
10
Who wrote the best-seller Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Henry Clay
Millard Filmore
Daniel Webster
11
Which is one part of the Supreme Court ruling over the Dred Scott case?
The Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional
The Fugitive Slave Act was unconstitutional.
Free blacks are citizens
Popular sovereignty will be used to abolish slavery
12
A conflict between opposing groups of the same country.
state war
community war
civil war
world war
13
Which of the following was a reason Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860?
The nation was solidly pro-slavery
4 candidates split the vote & Lincoln came out with the most
The nation was solidly antislavery
Lincoln was by far the most popular candidate in the South
14
A person who wanted to end slavery
Jefferson Davis
Temperance Movement Gatherer
An abolitionist
Trade Union
15
What was practiced in Kansas to decide if it was to be a free or slave state?
compromise
abolitionism
popular sovereignty
nativism
16
Political party that was anti slavery and received their support from the North
Republicans
Democrates
Whigs
Tea Party
17
Which was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850
California would be a free state
Slavery would be allowed in the New Mexico territory
The slave trade would be banned in D.C.
Slavery would be banned in D.C.

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