What was the underground railroad?

Network of places used to help slaves escape to the north.

What happened after Harriet Tubman escaped slavery?

She helped her family and others escape to the North

What was the primary issue during the Nullification Crisis?

Can states declare federal laws unconstitutional?

What caused Bleeding Kansas?

People flooding KS to vote to make it a free or slave state

What was significant about the Dred Scott decision?

Slaves were deemed as property, thus they could never be citizens.

What led to the rise in tensions between the North and the South prior to the Civil War

The two regions had different economic and social systems

Why did the South fear the abolition of slavery?

It would end Southern wealth and political influence

A slave who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks.

What was the key issue during the Election of 1860?

whether slavery would extend into the western territories

What was the abolition movement?

A social and political effort that tried to end slavery

What was the impact of Westward Expansion on American Indians during the Jacksonian era?

Most American Indians were relocated to lands west of the Miss. River

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1
What invention, designed to increase cotton production, had the effect of increasing slavery in the South?
The wheat reaper
the rice mill
The steel plow
The cotton gin
2
What was the underground railroad?
Something the government didn't want people to know about.
A hidden passage of tunnels to hide away slaves.
Network of places used to help slaves escape to the north.
An underground subway used to transport slaves.
3
What happened after Harriet Tubman escaped slavery?
She was forced to work in the fields
She changed her name to Araminta Ross
She helped her family and others escape to the North
She was sold into slavery
4
What was the primary issue during the Nullification Crisis?
John C. Calhoun was a racist
The tariff the US proposed was unfair for the North
Can states declare federal laws unconstitutional?
Should slavery be abolished?
5
What caused Bleeding Kansas?
Abraham Lincoln is elected President which caused outrage
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry caused outrage
People flooding KS to vote to make it a free or slave state
The Dred Scott decision caused outrage
6
The growing importance of cotton to the South created an economy and a society dominated by
Professional people
small independent farmers
industrial leaders
large landowners
7
What was significant about the Dred Scott decision?
Slaves were deemed as property, thus they could never be citizens.
Slaves living in free territories had to be segregated.
Southerners were forced to find new labor sources.
The Court granted him his freedom.
8
What led to the rise in tensions between the North and the South prior to the Civil War
The two regions competed to sell the same goods
The two regions disagreed on boundaries for the west
The two regions were both trying to attract immigrants
The two regions had different economic and social systems
9
The South began to start secession due to belief Lincoln would eliminate slavery.
False
True
10
Why did the South fear the abolition of slavery?
It would increase the official population of the South
It would destroy the religious institutions established there
It would leave the South vulnerable to invasion from the North
It would end Southern wealth and political influence
11
Who was Nat Turner?
A slave who became free and became wealthy through politics.
A slave owner who helped free slaves.
A southern man infamous for despising blacks.
A slave who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks.
12
When comparing the economies of the North and the South, what resources were the Southern leaders investing in?
Gold
Land and enslaved peoples
Industry and mechanics
Railroads
13
John Brown Was an Abolitionist.
False
True
14
The following quote is associated with which of these?
Manifest Destiny
Temperance Movement
Populist party
Farmers alliance
15
What was the key issue during the Election of 1860?
Conflict with Great Britain
whether slavery would extend into the western territories
Bringing the Country back from the Civil War
Settlement of the Oregon Territory
16
What was the abolition movement?
A social and political effort that tried to end slavery
A movement to abolish the current president
A law freeing all slaves in the south
A rebellion led by Nat Turner
17
What was the impact of Westward Expansion on American Indians during the Jacksonian era?
Most American Indians were able to keep their land
Most American Indians were relocated to lands west of the Miss. River
Most American Indians were assimilated into U.S. society
Most American Indians were forced to move to Canada
18
Who was the most important leader of the Underground Railroad?
William Lloyd Garrison
Phillis Wheatley
Harriet Tubman
Sarah Grimke
19
The main goal of abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison was to
stop individuals from drinking alcohol
establish tax supported schools
allow women the right to vote
end slavery
20
All of the following were issues that led to the outbreak of the Civil War except the
Monroe Doctrine
Dred Scott decision
Attack on Harpers Ferry
Missouri Compromise

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