Which of the following is NOT true about Uncle Tom's Cabin?

This book angered abolitionists.

How was John Brown different from other abolitionists?

He used violence to fighting slavery.

Which piece of legislation said that slaves weren't citizens and slavery couldn't be banned from a Federal territory?

The Dred Scott v. Sandford Case

What was true about the Fugitive Slave Act?

Slaves had to be returned to their owners even in a free state

When California was added to the Union as a free state this...

Upset the balance between free and slave states

How did abolitionists argue Dred Scott deserved his freedom?

He had been held as a slave in free territory.

Why was the 36° 30’ latitude line important?

Slavery was banned north of this line.

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Pre-Civil War Quiz

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1
Which of the following did not lead to tension between the North and the South before the Civil War?
The Louisiana Purchase
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Missouri Compromise
2
Which of the following is NOT true about Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This book showed the evils of slavery.
This book angered many slave owners.
This book angered abolitionists.
This book was widely read - even by the president!
3
How was John Brown different from other abolitionists?
He didn't give speeches.
He lived in the South.
He supported slavery.
He used violence to fighting slavery.
4
Which piece of legislation was the Fugitive Slave Act a part of?
The Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott v. Sandford Case
The Missouri Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
5
Which piece of legislation said that slaves weren't citizens and slavery couldn't be banned from a Federal territory?
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Dred Scott v. Sandford Case
The Compromise of 1850
6
What was true about the Fugitive Slave Act?
Slaves had to be returned to their owners even in a free state
Northern abolitionists supported this act.
Slavery was banned north of the 36° 30’ latitude line.
This act said that slaves were not US citizens.
7
How would a northerner in the 1850s have most likely described John Brown?
As evil
As weak
As a traitor
As a hero
8
When California was added to the Union as a free state this...
Upset the balance between free and slave states
Ended the Fugitive Slave Act
Led to the Missouri Compromise
Resulted in more slave states than free states
9
How did abolitionists argue Dred Scott deserved his freedom?
He had escaped on the Underground Railroad.
He had written a popular book, Uncle Tom's Cabin
He had been held as a slave in free territory.
He was a good man and had a job.
10
Who wrote the book, Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
Henry Clay
Dred Scott
11
Why was the 36° 30’ latitude line important?
Slavery was banned north of this line.
This line split the state of Missouri into two equal halves.
Slavery was only allowed north of this line.
Popular sovereignty was allowed above this line.
12
Which two states were formed by the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri and California
Missouri and Maine
New Mexico and Utah
Kansas and Nebraska

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