How did Frederick Douglass answer the rhetorical question "What, to the slave is the 4th of July?"

a day that reveals..the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is a victim

Which was Abraham Lincoln's stated position on the slavery issue?

Slavery should be banned from western territories

Which was part of the Compromise of 1850?

banning the slave trade in Washington DC

What action did President Lincoln take to keep border states from seceding?

imposed martial law in Baltimore, Md

Which was not part of the Compromise of 1850?

admission of Kansas to the Union

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1
What Senator capped off his long political career by putting together the Compromise of 1850?
Stephen A Douglas
Daniel Webster
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
2
How did Frederick Douglass answer the rhetorical question "What, to the slave is the 4th of July?"
a day to rededicate outselves to the immortal words of Jefferson
a day that reveals..the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is a victim
a day to celebrate our dedication to liberty and justice
a day to celebrate with fireworks and great joy the birth of our nation
3
The majority of electoral votes in the deep south were won by
John Breckinridge
Jefferson Davis
John Bell
Stephen A Douglas
4
Which was Abraham Lincoln's stated position on the slavery issue?
the people should vote on whether they support it
it must be abolished immediately
Slavery should be banned from western territories
the Fugitive Slave act must be repealed
5
What party's position on slavery directly led to the formation of the Republican Party?
Know Nothings
Southern Democrats
Anti Masonic Party
Free Soil Party
6
The Chief Justice who issued the Dred Scott decision was
John Marshall
John Jay
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Roger Taney
7
The first and only President of the Confederate States of America was
Robert E Lee
John C Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
Preston Brooks
8
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Harper Lee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Stephen Prothro
9
The first state to secede in 1860 was
South Carolina
Alabama
North Carolina
Mississippi
10
Who was elected a Senator from Illinois in 1858?
Stephen Douglas
Robert E Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Wilmot
11
What Senator from South Carolina argued that slavery was a "positive good"?
John C Calhoun
Dred Scott
Zachary Taylor
John Bell
12
The Know Nothing Party was known for its opposition to
Immigration
Slavery
The Mexican War
Westward Expansion
13
Preston Brooks assaulted what Senator with a cane?
Charles Sumner
Andrew Butler
John Brown
Stephen Douglas
14
What proposed law sought to ban slavery in land acquired from Mexico?
Gadsden Purchase
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
Crittendon Compromise
15
Which was part of the Compromise of 1850?
adding Nebraska to the Union as a free state
nullifying the Missouri Compromise
banning the slave trade in Washington DC
an amendment banning slavery in territories
16
What future Confederate General led the forces that captured John Brown?
George Armstrong Custer
Robert E Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses S Grant
17
John Brown tried to incite a slave rebellion at
St Louis Missouri
Atlanta Georgia
Lawrence, Kansas
Harpers Ferry
18
What action did President Lincoln take to keep border states from seceding?
exempted those states from the military draft
promised large federal grants to build roads
imposed martial law in Baltimore, Md
Promised to support abolition in these states
19
Which was not part of the Compromise of 1850?
Slave Trade in Washington DC
Admission of California to the US
Fugitive Slave Law
admission of Kansas to the Union
20
Who was not a candidate for President in 1860?
Stephen Douglas
James Buchanan
John Breckinridge
Abraham Lincoln

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