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A Quiz to study for a test on the causes of the Civil War
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1
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act overturn the Missouri Compromise?
Said that Kansas and Nebraska would be slave states
Changed the 36'30" line to the Mason-Dixon line
Changed the 36'30" line to 46'30"
Said that those territories could decide about slavery
2
Who killed his master and his master's family?
John Brown
Nat Turner
David Walker
Dred Scott
3
What did cotton come to be known as in the South?
"King Cotton"
"Big Money"
"Cash Crop"
"Queen Cotton"
4
What was the "underground railroad"?
System of people and houses for runaway slaves
Shuttle under the ground
Old train
Subway system
5
Where was the arsenal John Brown raided?
Washington, D.C.
New York City, New York
Harper's Ferry, Virginia
Lawrence, Kansas
6
What does "compromise" mean?
formally withdrawing from an organization
promising to do something
agreement where both sides give a little
getting rid of slavery
7
What does "secession" mean?
agreement
formally withdrawing from an organization
doing well at something
getting rid of slavery
8
Which legislation did the Supreme Court declare unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Nothing
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
9
What did the Fugitive Slave Law say?
All citizens required to help return runaway slaves
Fugitive slaves were safe in the North
Fugitive slaves couldn't get jobs
Slaves had to move to Canada
10
What state was called "Bleeding __________"?
Kaintuck
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
11
What were the houses on the underground railroad called?
Stations
Cabooses
Stopping points
Engines
12
What was the problem solved by the Missouri Compromise?
California wanted to be a slave state
Kansas wanted to be a free state
Missouri wanted to be a free state
Missouri wanted to be a slave state
13
Who published the newspaper
The Liberator
?
David Walker
William Lloyd Garrison
Nat Turner
Frederick Douglass
14
What did the North get in the Compromise of 1850?
Maine would be a free state
No slaves in Washington D.C.
No slavery north of the 36'30" line
California would be a free state
15
Who wrote an autobiography called
A Narrative of the Life of...
?
David Walker
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
16
Who wrote
Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglass
Nat Turner
David Walker
17
Why did the Supreme Court deny Dred Scott his freedom?
He was black so he wasn't a citizen and couldn't sue
He ran away and that was illegal
He was never in a free state
He didn't have a lawyer
18
Who was known as the "Moses" of the underground railroad?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Still
John Rankin
Harriet Tubman
19
Which one of these states was a
slave
state at this point in history?
Vermont
North Carolina
Massachusetts
New York
20
What did the Missouri Compromise establish as the boundary between slave states and free?
Rio Grande
36'30" parallel line
Mason-Dixon line
Kentucky border
21
What did the South get in the Compromise of 1850?
Missouri would be a slave state
Slavery legal in all states
No slavery restrictions in Utah and New Mexico territories
California would be a slave state
22
Who was the author of the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay
Frederick Douglass
John Quincy Adams
Abraham Lincoln
23
What were the Lincoln-Douglas debates mostly about?
slavery
Douglas
states' rights
Lincoln
24
Which one of these states was a
free
state at this point in history?
Mississippi
Alabama
Ohio
Georgia
25
How much of the world's cotton was the South producing?
50%
100%
75%
25%
26
What problem did the Compromise of 1850 try to solve?
Missouri wanted to be a slave state
Missouri wanted to be a free state
California wanted to be a free state
Kansas wanted to be a free state
27
Who raided an arsenal and tried to raise up an army to fight against slavery?
Nat Turner
John Brown
Dred Scott
David Walker
28
Who went to court to sue for his freedom?
Dred Scott
Nat Turner
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
29
Which one of these states was a
slave
state at this point in history?
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Connecticut
Georgia
30
What two new states were created by the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri and Maine
Maine and Maryland
Kansas and Nebraska
Missouri and Kansas
31
Which of these overturned the Missouri Compromise?
Cotton Gin Act
Homestead Act
Kansas Compromise
Compromise of 1850
32
How much cotton could be made per day with the cotton gin?
50 pounds
10 pounds
100 pounds
1 pound
33
What does "abolition" mean?
Withdrawing from an organization
Not bolition
agreement
getting rid of slavery
34
Who did Abraham Lincoln debate 7 times?
Frederick Douglass
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Stephen Douglas
35
How many states were free and how many states were slave
before
the Missouri Compromise?
12 and 12
10 and 10
25 and 25
11 and 11
36
Who wrote
Uncle Tom's Cabin
?
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
37
Who was known for calling for equal rights for blacks?
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
David Walker
Harriet Beecher Stowe
38
Who is the main character in
Across Five Aprils
?
Jethro
John
Tom
Bill
39
What was one result of Nat Turner's rebellion?
Slaves were more scared
Easier laws against slaves
Southerners had less slaves
Harsher laws against slaves
40
Which one of these states was a
free
state at this point in history?
Maryland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Illinois
