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Why did the North and South need to fight each other?
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1
Most free states were located in the ___.
South
West
North
2
Who was elected president of the United States in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Donald Trump
3
Which answer best describes an abolitionist's point of view of the Dred Scott Decision?
An abolitionist would have been outraged by this ruling.
An abolitionist would have supported the court's ruling.
An abolitionist would have been indifferent to the decision.
4
As a result of the Fugitive Slave Law, many free African Americans were forced into slavery.
False
True
5
Why was Kansas known as bleeding Kansas?
People were robbing each other.
People wanted to secede.
Citizens got violent over the issue of slavery.
6
What military arsenal did John Brown want to raid?
Fort Sumter
Cherry Point
West Point
Harper's Ferry
7
A fugitive is a person who....?
Follows the Law
Runs from the Law
Is Immobile
8
What law introduced the fugitive Slave Act?
The Compromise of 1850
The Great Compromise
The 3/5 Compromise
9
Why did John Brown want to raid an arsenal and steal weapons?
To start the Civil War
To arm slaves and turn them against their owners
To kill slaves
10
What law caused Kansas to begin to "bleed?"
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
11
In the landmark case, Dred Scott vs. Sanford, who won the case?
Sanford
Dred Scott
12
What would probably best describe the beliefs of the Missouri Ruffians?
They would have supported abolition and the equality of all.
They'd have supported slavery and the ideas of the South.
13
What happened to John Brown?
He lived to see emancipation.
He failed and was hanged.
He succeeded.
14
What was the name of the Abolitionist Novel written in 1852?
Uncle Tom's House
Uncle Sam's House
Uncle Sam's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin
15
Charles Sumner was beaten with a __ by Preston Brooks after giving an anti-slavery speech.
Belt
Cane
Whip
16
What gift did Preston Brooks receive after breaking his cane over the head of Charles Sumner?
An arrest warrant for assault and battery.
A cane inscribed with the words, "Hit him again!"
17
Sectionalism can best be described in a sentence as...?
The idea that the North and South harboring animosity.
The idea that the North and South had different interests.
The idea that the North and South had similar interests.
18
How many people died during "Bleeding Kansas?"
1,000,000
500,000
50
500
19
Name one of the participators in the violence during "Bleeding Kansas."
John Brown
Jim Bowie
Johnny Reb
20
Complete the Sentence: John Brown was a(n)_____.
person who was pro-slavery.
abolitionist.
racist.
21
Who were the Missouri Ruffians?
A group of thugs who stuffed ballots to rig an election.
A group of gentlemen who set about to win an election.
Political Lobbyists
22
Abolition most nearly means...?
The legal confirmation of an established practice.
The legal termination of a formerly allowed practice.
The legal origination of a formerly disallowed practice.
23
Southern states wanted "State's Rights" to make decisions concerning what?
Prohibition
Slavery
Religious Freedom
24
Who wrote the Abolitionist Novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, in 1852?
Fredrick Douglas
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
25
What law said that California was going to be a free state and that UT and NM would vote?
The 3/5 Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Great Compromise
26
What did the court say that Dred Scott was?
A Human
Property
Without a Cause
27
Who would have probably said this quote? "These men are all talk; what we need is action."
Senator Charles Sumner
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
28
How much of the popular vote did Lincoln win?
50%
20%
40%
30%
29
Most slave states were located in the ___.
West
South
North
30
What did John Brown do during the Pottawatomie Massacre (part of Bleeding Kansas)?
He cut off 5 men's hands before stabbing them to death.
He cried for peace.
He murdered abolitionists.
