Pre-Civil War Events

Question 1

Runaway slave reward signs were very specific to avoid capturing the wrong person.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

The Underground Railroad...

Accepted Answer

was a series of houses that provided safety while on the run

Question 3

The vocab word meaning to break apart or fall down suddenly

Accepted Answer

Collapse

Question 4

What issue did the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act address?

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Question 5

What is the purpose of the cotton gin?

Accepted Answer

Cleaned the cotton of seeds

Question 6

Which law led many black people to flee to Canada for fear they be taken to the South?

Accepted Answer

Fugitive Slave Law

Question 7

What fancy word means that the people can vote on an issue?

Accepted Answer

Popular Sovereignty

Question 8

Marriage between slaves ensured that families could stay together

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Who was a self-educated, former slave, who later advised President Lincoln during the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglas

Question 10

The portion of the triangular trade that involved bringing slaves to the Americas was known as

Accepted Answer

Middle Passage

Question 11

Religion and spiritual songs served as a source of strength

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

The exchange of materials, goods, and people across the Atlantic Ocean was known as

Accepted Answer

Triangular Trade

Question 13

Where did the first battle of the Civil War take place?

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 14

How did the cotton gin impact slavery in the South?

Accepted Answer

Increased the slave population

Question 15

Slave infant mortality rate (death rate) was low.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

What percentage of slaves died during the voyage to America?

Accepted Answer

20%

Question 17

Who was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, returning 20 times to save lives

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 18

The economy of the North was based on...

Accepted Answer

Industry and factories

Question 19

What did the Dred Scott Case ultimately decide?

Accepted Answer

Slaves are property that can be kept wherever the owner goes

Question 20

Who supported abolition and women’s rights; wrote a speech entitled “Ain’t I a Woman"

Accepted Answer

Sojourner Truth

Question 21

The vocab word meaning to focus on the interests of one’s region rather than the whole country

Accepted Answer

Sectionalism

Question 22

Slaves were not allowed to learn to read and write.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Slave rebellions resulted in slaves having more freedoms

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

The vocab word meaning to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to

Accepted Answer

Secede

Question 25

Who wrote the most controversial novel of the time period, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Accepted Answer

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 26

The economy of the South was based on...

Accepted Answer

Large-scale farming and agriculture

Question 27

Differences in economic interests in the North and South led to which pre-Civil War issue?

Accepted Answer

Sectionalism

Question 28

Who was an abolitionist and founded an anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator

Accepted Answer

William Lloyd Garrison

Question 29

During which event did abolitionist John Brown attempt to arm slaves and start an uprising?

Accepted Answer

Raid on Harper's Ferry

Question 30

The position that the states have certain powers that the federal government cannot take

Accepted Answer

States' Rights

Question 31

Which idea did Southerners argue gave them the right to void or overrule a law they didn't like

Accepted Answer

Nullification Doctrine-Crisis

Question 32

Which event prompted the South to secede from the Union?

Accepted Answer

Election of Abraham Lincoln

Question 33

The vocab word meaning to use vessels to prevent shipment of supplies into or out of ports

Accepted Answer

Blockade

Question 34

Discipline included whipping, collars, and imprisonment in private jails.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

The vocab word that describes how a country makes their money

Accepted Answer

Economy

Pre-Civil War Events

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