What was Harper's Ferry

John Brown's attempt to seize weapons and end slavery

Abolitionist who tried to create a rebellion of enslaved people

The Missouri Compromise...

solved how slavery would expand in the Louisiana Territory, kept the U.S. together during a period of sectionalism, kept the balance of slave states and free states in the U.S.

What was Bleeding Kansas?

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

The Kansas-Nebraska Act meant

states vote to keep slavery or be a free state

Why did the number of slave and free states matter?

Equal balance was important in the Senate

The Compromise of 1850 included all of the following EXCEPT

A line was drawn between free & slave states

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1
What was Harper's Ferry
None of the above
A popular anti slavery newspaper
John Brown's attempt to seize weapons and end slavery
A boat that transported enslaved people to freedom
2
Who was John Brown?
Supreme Court Justice during the Dred Scott Decision
Abolitionist who tried to create a rebellion of enslaved people
A government official who fought to expand slavery
A pro-slavery advocate
3
The Missouri Compromise...
solved how slavery would expand in the Louisiana Territory
kept the U.S. together during a period of sectionalism
made Missouri a free state and Maine a slave state
kept the balance of slave states and free states in the U.S.
4
What was Bleeding Kansas?
Peaceful protest promoting slavery in Kansas-Missouri territory.
An 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.
5
What was the main goal of the Abolitionist Movement?
Reduce the use of alcohol
End slavery in the U.S.
Give women the same civil rights as men
Expand slavery in the U.S.
6
The Kansas-Nebraska Act meant
states vote to keep slavery or be a free state
for every free state there is a slave state
7
Why did the number of slave and free states matter?
Equal balance was important in the Senate
equal balance was important in the House or Representatives
Too many slave states would harm America's international reputation
So the President could not free enslaved people
8
What year was the Missouri Compromise?
1836
1820
1830
1842
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The Compromise of 1850 included all of the following EXCEPT
A line was drawn between free & slave states
California entered the US as a free state
A stronger fugitive slave law
The domestic slave trade was banned in D.C.

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