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US Prior to the Civil War
US Prior to the Civil War
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1
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who fights to end slavery
Someone who lives in a free state
Someone who owns slaves
Someone who escapes being a slave
2
What did John Brown hope would happen when he attacked Harper's Ferry?
He hoped slaves would join in the battle and revolt against their owners
He hoped laws would be changed
He hoped a war would start
He hoped that Kansas would become a slave state
3
Why did Northern states oppose Missouri being admitted to the Union as a slave state?
Because the North had more power than the South and did not want to lose it
Because Missouri was to the north of all the other slave states
Because adding Missouri to the slave states would give the South more power
Because Missouri becoming a slave state broke the Agreement of 1790
4
What did Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison have in common?
All of the above
They made speeches against slavery
They were abolitionists
They had publications that spoke against slavery
5
Who won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
The Confederate Army
The Harbor Ships
The Union Army
6
The Kansas-Nebraska Act helped make peace between the North and the South?
True
False
7
Where did the first shots of the Civil War take place?
Washington, DC
Harper's Ferry
Fort Sumter
Kansas
8
What percentage of the population in the south were slaves? *(shown in dark blue)
one fourth
one half
one third
9
What famous publication was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that brought attention to the horrors of slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Biography of Frederick Douglass
The Underground Railroad
The Freedom Trail
10
Who was famous for helping with the Underground Railroad?
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Mary Lincoln
11
How did Abraham Lincoln become well known so he would be nominated to run for president?
He had 7 debates against Stephen Douglas while running for Senator
He made famous speeches in Massachusettes
He was Dred Scott's lawyer
He wrote for a popular newspaper
12
Dred Scott was a slave who went to court seeking freedom.
False
True
13
What angered many Northerners about the Compromise of 1850?
Runaway slaves were to be returned from the North back to the South
The balance of power shifted to the South
California was going to become a slave state
Future states were going to be free to choose for or against slavery
14
What was the impact of the Dred Scott vs. Sanford court ruling upon eventual Civil War?
It resulted in Missouri becoming a free state
It resulted in the expansion of the Underground Railroad
It resulted in more slaves joining the army to fight
It resulted in more people voting for Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election
15
Which of these was a result of the Missouri Compromise?
All states to the west would be slave states
Slaves who escaped to the north would be returned to the south
California became a free state
Maine became a free state
