An influential slave who wanted to sue US for freedom

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Letting people in KS and NE to choose if free or slave state

What was the point of the raid on Harper's Ferry?

Abolitionists wanted to begin a slave rebellion in the South

What did the Compromise of 1850 do?

Ended slave trade and creating fugitive slave law

What was the Missouri Compromise? (Compromise of 1820)

Addition of Maine as free state and Missouri as slave state, A line drawn across US to determine slave or free states

What is an abolitionist?

Someone wanting to put an immediate end to slavery

What was Bleeding Kansas?

Fighting between proslavery & antislavery forces in KS & MO

What was the fugitive slave law?

Required northerners to return slaves to the south by law

What is popular sovereignty?

When people of an area make their own government decisions

How did economic differences between the North and South cause conflict?

South felt they needed slaves for agriculture, North was becoming industrialized, so didn't need slaves

Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe write "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"

Expose the US to how terrible slaves were treated, Get people to join the abolitionist movement

What was the Dred Scott Decision?

Federal gov couldn't prohibit slavery in its territories, People of African decent couldn't be citizens

What does the word secede mean?

To withdraw from an organization

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Who was Dred Scott?
An influential slave who wanted to sue US for freedom
A leader in the temperance movement
A European scholar
A famous slave owner who believed slavery was morally wrong
2
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Creation of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
Letting people in KS and NE to choose if free or slave state
A law that added Kansas and Nebraska as free states
The addition of Maine and Missouri to the US
3
What was the point of the raid on Harper's Ferry?
Southerners wanted to attack white slave owners
To end the Civil War
To begin an opposition to northern taxes
Abolitionists wanted to begin a slave rebellion in the South
4
What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
Ended slave trade and creating fugitive slave law
Made California a slave state
Ended fugitive slave law
Declared Maine was free state and Missouri was slave state
5
What was the Missouri Compromise? (Compromise of 1820)
An act that declared slavery was unconstitutional
Addition of Maine as free state and Missouri as slave state
The great compromise over taxes
A line drawn across US to determine slave or free states
6
What is an abolitionist?
A group of people wanting to end the drinking of alcohol
A person wanting to begin a reform movement
Someone wanting to put an immediate end to slavery
A person wanting to end their career
7
What was Bleeding Kansas?
A devastating war
A battle in the Mexican-American War
Fighting between proslavery & antislavery forces in KS & MO
A battle that happened at the end of the Civil War
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What was the fugitive slave law?
Required northerners to return slaves to the south by law
An act put in place to limit the amount of burglaries
An act granting slaves the right to be free in the North
Ability for slaves to run away from masters
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Which southern state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
North Carolina
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What kind of economy did the south have?
Sedentary
Nomadic
Industrial
Agricultural
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What kind of economy did the North have?
Sedentary
Nomadic
Agricultural
Industrial
12
What is popular sovereignty?
Act passed to decide if Texas would be free or slave state
When you are the most popular kid in the school
When people of an area make their own government decisions
The end of the Civil War
13
How did economic differences between the North and South cause conflict?
The North was rich and the South was poor
South felt they needed slaves for agriculture
The South was poor and the North was rich
North was becoming industrialized, so didn't need slaves
14
Who won the 1860 election?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
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Why did SC secede from the Union?
Fugitive slave law
To get rid of slavery
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation
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Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe write "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
Expose the US to how terrible slaves were treated
To convince northern states to free their slaves
Bring awareness to why the south needed slaves
Get people to join the abolitionist movement
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What was the Dred Scott Decision?
Federal gov couldn't prohibit slavery in its territories
People of African decent couldn't be citizens
Slave owners had to pay more for their slaves
All slaves would be free
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What does the word secede mean?
Ending slavery
To withdraw from an organization
To bring an end to something
Add territory to one's own territory

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