What happened in Lawrence, Kansas?

Burnt down, Became a free government

One type of slave on a typical southern plantation

Domestic, Field Hand, Stable boy, Blacksmith

What is an abolitionist?

Someone who wanted to end slavery

Poor white farmers in the South

What was the theory of Popular Sovereignty?

Let states decide the issue of slavery

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Pre-Civil War

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8th Grade Pre-Civil War

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1
What happened to Nat Turner
Died helping John Brown
Run away to the north
Captured and killed
Help Harriet Tubman
2
Where did the first battle for the Civil War start?
Fort Sumter
Fort Irwin
Fort Benning
Fort Drum
3
What happened in Lawrence, Kansas?
Seceded from the union
Became a slave government
Burnt down
Became a free government
4
Who forced people to vote for slavery in Kansas?
Border Ruffians
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
John Fremont
5
Which is not a slave code?
Not learn to read and write
Not allowed to assemble
Not allowed to leave without a pass
Not allowed to plant cotton
6
One type of slave on a typical southern plantation
Domestic
Field Hand
Stable boy
Blacksmith
7
Who sued the federal government for his freedom after his master died?
Andrew Johnson
Dred Scott
Roger B. Taney
Fredrick Douglass
8
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who wanted to end slavery cotton fields
Someone who wanted to end religion
Someone who wanted to end slavery
Someone who wanted to end drinking
9
Percentage of people who owned slaves.
32%
2%
17%
49%
10
Which is not a requirement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Fine whites who help slaves escape
Notify the authorities
Return them to their owner
Help them get to a free state
11
What was the name of the Supreme Court Justice that ruled Dred Scott was property?
Stephen Douglas
John Marshal
Daniel Webster
Roger B. Taney
12
Who won the Illinois Senate race against Abe Lincoln in 1858?
John Fremont
Andrew Johnson
Stephen Douglas
Daniel Webster
13
Who attacked Pottawatomie Creek?
Stephen Douglas
Billy the Kid
John Brown
Robert E. Lee
14
What is a Yeomen?
Freed slaves in the South
Middle class farmers in the South
Poor white farmers in the South
Rich white farmers in the South
15
What was the theory of Popular Sovereignty?
End taxes in the Southern States
End taxes in the Northern States
End slavery in America
Let states decide the issue of slavery
16
What is the name of the Armory that John Brown attack?
Mount Vernon
Harper's Ferry
Lawrence
Monticello
17
The most famous Conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Elizabeth Stanton
Elizabeth Blackwell
Lady Bird Johnson
Harriet Tubman
18
Who became the President of the United States in 1853?
Stephen Douglas
Andrew Johnson
Franklin Pierce
Abe Lincoln
19
Which is not a way a slave would recognize a safe house.
A cellar door left open
A candle left on in a window
A sign left on a tree
20
What was an Overseer?
A conductor on the Underground railroad
Someone who doctored sick slaves
Someone who punished slaves
Someone who help slave escape

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