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1
Who was the abolitionist "chosen by god to end slavery"?
Abraham Lincoln
Dred Scott
John Brown
Roger B. Taney
2
What plan preserved the balance between free and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
Slave Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Maine Compromise
3
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Zachary Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Jefferson Davis
4
True or False: Dred Scott sued for his freedom because he thought slavery was wrong
True
False
5
Who was elected President in 1848?
Zachary Taylor
Andrew Johnson
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
6
True or False: The slave trade continued throughout the Civil War?
True
False
7
True or False: The more populated North outvoted the South in the 1860 Presidential election
True
False
8
Which political party was formed "to end the slave power"?
American
Republican
Democrats
Whig
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The Dred Scott decision stated that Popular Sovereignty and banning slavery was...
Unconstitutional
100% Legal
10
Who was elected President in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Zachary Taylor
Henry Clay
11
Which state did Abraham Lincoln run for Senate in?
Kentucky
New York
California
Illinois
12
A network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North...
The Freeway
Underground Railroad
The Great Escape
Runaway Railroad
13
Douglas' stand that people could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws...
Freeport Doctrine
Douglas Doctrine
14
Who was the slave who sued for his freedom?
Frederick Douglas
Dred Scott
Roger B. Taney
John Brown
15
Who proposed the Missouri Compromise?
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Dred Scott
Stephen A. Douglas
16
What was the violence in Kansas called?
John Brown's War
Bloody Massacre
The Break Up
Bleeding Kansas
17
To withdraw means to...
Abstain
Secede
Arsenal
Sectionalism
18
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
Roger B. Taney
Dred Scott
Mark Twain
Harriett Beecher Stowe
19
True or False: The Kansas-Nebraska Act proposed abandoning the Missouri Compromise?
True
False
20
Who made the proposal against the Wilmot Proviso?
John C. Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
21
Who tried to save the Union with a last minute compromise?
Henry Clay
John Crittenden
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Calhoun
22
Was Texas a slave or free state?
Free
Slave
23
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Missouri
24
TRUE OR FALSE:Wilmot Proviso stated that slavery should be BANNED in lands acquired from Mexico
True
False
25
A runaway slave is known as a...
Tubman
Border Ruffian
Martyr
Fugitive
26
An exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country
States' Rights
Abstain
Secede
Sectionalism
27
What required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves?
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott Decision
28
Armed Missourians who traveled to Kansas to vote in the elections were called...
Arsenals
Martyrs
Border Ruffians
Fugitives
29
Who led the Raid on Harpers Ferry?
Stephen A. Douglas
Robert E. Lee
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
30
True or False: The Underground railroad is underground?
True
False
31
Was California a free or slave state?
Free
Slave
32
Who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
John C. Calhoun
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
Stephen A. Douglas
33
True or False: Southerners justified secession with States Rights
False
True
34
Roger B. Taney ruled that Dred Scott was still a slave and en enslaved person was...
Property
An immigrant
Fugitive
Free
35
Which political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
Republican
Democrat
36
What book showed slavery as a cruel and brutal system?
Gettysburg Address
Tom Sawyer
The Jungle
Uncle Tom's Cabin
37
What was the main issue discussed in the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Constitution
Economics
Railroads
Slavery
38
Who defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois senate race?
Zachary Taylor
Stephen A. Douglas
Jefferson Davis
John C. Calhoun
39
Allowing people to vote for or against slavery within a territory is called...
Martyr
Abstain
Popular Sovereignty
Secession
40
The map depicts
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Crittenden Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
41
A storage place for weapons and ammunition is called...
Arsenal
Abolitionist
Martyr
Fugitive
42
What issue split the Whig and Democratic parties?
Economy
Best Hairstyle
Transportation
Slavery
43
True or False: The Underground railroad is a railroad?
True
False
44
The map depicts
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Crittenden Compromise
45
The map depicts
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Crittenden Compromise
Compromise of 1850
46
After the election of Abraham Lincoln, which state was the first to secede?
North Carolina
Missouri
South Carolina
Texas
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Who was the Chief Justice who made the Dred Scott decision?
Stephen A. Douglas
Roger B. Taney
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
