In the 1850's, why did so many runaway slaves go to Canada?

The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in the United States

The Missouri Compromise and the Comp. of 1850 were both attempts to deal with the issue of

slavery in territories asking for admission to the Union

Which author’s work gave support to the Abolitionist movement before the Civil War?

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Sectional differences developed within the United States largely because

economic conditions and interests in each region varied

How did the North and South differ just before the Civil War?

The North had more cities and factories

What was a major reason slavery expanded in the South in the first half of the 1800's?

New Inventions led to an increase in cotton production

What was the main provision of the Fugitive Slave Law?

Aiding runaway slaves was a crime

What was a primary reason that slavery became more widespread in the South than in the North?

Geographic factors contributed to the growth of the Southern plantations

Which statement about the Missouri Compromise is accurate?

the balance between free and slave states was maintained

In the Dred Scott Case, the Supreme Court ruled that

African Americans were not citizens

Southerners wanted to be able to extend slavery into the new territories so that they could

maintain a balance of power in Congress

Most Southern political leaders praised the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford because

Protected the property rights of slave owners of territories

An issue that divided the North and South and led to the Civil War was

The balance of power between states and federal government

Abolitionists opposed annexation of new western territory because they

feared the admission of new slave states

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1
As result of Abraham Lincoln’s election as President in1860, several Southern States called for
The House of Representatives to choose a president
Secession from the Union
Another vote by the electoral college
A constitutional amendment ending slavery
2
In the 1850's, why did so many runaway slaves go to Canada?
More factory jobs were available in Canada
The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in the United States
Northern abolitionists refused to help fugitive slaves
They feared being drafted in the Northern Army
3
The Missouri Compromise and the Comp. of 1850 were both attempts to deal with the issue of
territorial gains from the Mexican War
slavery in territories asking for admission to the Union
territories claimed by the Indians
slave trade in the South
4
Which author’s work gave support to the Abolitionist movement before the Civil War?
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind
Booker T. Washington’s Up From Slavery
5
Sectional differences developed within the United States largely because
only northerners were represented at the Constitutional Convention
the federal government adopted a policy of neutrality
economic conditions and interests in each region varied
Early Presidents favored urban areas over rural areas
6
How did the North and South differ just before the Civil War?
The North was more rural than the South
The North had more cities and factories
The North had fewer European immigrants
Northern laborers were more likely to be African Americans
7
What was a major reason slavery expanded in the South in the first half of the 1800's?
Federal government regulations favored Southern exports
New Inventions led to an increase in cotton production
Most early textile mills were built in the South
The federal government encouraged the importation of enslaved persons
8
Which abolitionist leader was a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
9
What was the main provision of the Fugitive Slave Law?
The Underground Railroad was legalized
Slaves were free if they got to the north
Southerners could not pursue escaped slaves
Aiding runaway slaves was a crime
10
What was a primary reason that slavery became more widespread in the South than in the North?
Opposition to slavery by the Anglican church was stronger in the North
The textile industry was controlled by southern merchants
The abolitionist movement was based in the North
Geographic factors contributed to the growth of the Southern plantations
11
Which statement about the Missouri Compromise is accurate?
Unorganized territories wound be governed by the US and Britain
slavery was banned west of Mississippi River
the balance between free and slave states was maintained
The 36'30 line formed a new boundary between the US and Canada
12
In the Dred Scott Case, the Supreme Court ruled that
Slavery could not be extended into the territories
The Constitution did not protect a slaveholder’s property
Slavery was illegal
African Americans were not citizens
13
Southerners wanted to be able to extend slavery into the new territories so that they could
maintain a balance of power in Congress
prepare the South for secession
keep northern settlers out
keep tariffs low
14
During the 1840s, Americans used the idea of Manifest Destiny to justify the
expansion of women’s rights
repeal of the Missouri Compromise
acquiring of new territories
beginning of free public education
15
Violence between pro-slavery and antislavery forces in Kansas was a consequence of
the Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
16
During the period of 1860-1865, the issue of states rights', tariffs, and slavery led directly to the growth of
industrialization
national unity
imperialism
sectionalism
17
The belief that a state has the right to nullify or ignore a federal law, or to secede is
States Rights
Popular Sovereignty
Sectionalism
Nationalism
18
Most Southern political leaders praised the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford because
supported the right of a state to secede from the Union
Protected the property rights of slave owners of territories
upheld the principle of popular sovereignty
granted citizenship to all enslaved persons
19
An issue that divided the North and South and led to the Civil War was
The balance of power between states and federal government
length of the term of the president
use of judicial review by the Supreme Court
application of the impeachment process
20
Abolitionists opposed annexation of new western territory because they
were concerned with the legal rights of Native American indians
feared the admission of new slave states
supported an isolationist foreign policy
wanted to limit the power of the national government
21
Who is the gentleman in the picture?
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Stephan Douglas
Dred Scott

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