Lesson 16.1
What was part of the Compromise of 1850?
A) Fugitive Slave Act
B) The Civil War
C) The Cotton Act
D) The Boston Tea Party
A) Fugitive Slave Act
What was the Republican's campaign slogan in the Election of 1856?
A) "We want free slaves"
B) "Slaves be free"
C) "Free soil, Free speech, and Fremont"
D) "We no-nothing"
C) "Free soil, Free speech, and Fremont"
Republican's nominated ______ ____________ who would later go on to win the Election of 1860.
A) John Brown
B) John C. Breckinridge
C) Henry Clay
D) Abraham Lincoln
D) Abraham Lincoln
A martyr is a person who...
A) is a priest
B) is a farmer
C) dies from doing something illegal
D)dies for a cause
D) dies for a cause
What Bill did Stephen A. Douglas introduce to settle the issue of slavery in the territories?
A) The Douglass Act
B) The Act of 36-30'
C) The Kansas Nebraska Act
D) The New Territory Treaty
C) The Kansas Nebraska Act
who won the election of 1856?
A) John C. Fremont
B) James Buchanan
C) Millard Fillmore
D) Abraham Lincoln
B) James Buchanan
Who seceded on December 20, 1860 after the Republicans won the election of 1860?
A) North Carolina
B) South Carolina
C) Virginia
D) Kentucky
B) South Carolina
How did the public react to the secession?
A) Some celebrated while some were alarmed
B) Just happy
C) Just sad
D) They didn't care
A) Some celebrated while some were alarmed
This Act fined or imprisoned anyone who helped a fugitive
The Fugitive Slave Act
In 1846 Dred Scott sued for his freedom claiming that he should be free since he had lived in areas where slavery was illegal. What did the court rule? Explain...
A) Free
B) Stays enslaved
Answer: B
The court ruled that he was still enslaved saying that as he wasn't a citizen he had no right to sue for his freedom
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia seceded from the Union in 1861 because they feared that the Republican party wouldn't protect their rights to slavery. True or False?
-True
-False
True
Border ruffians are people who...
A) haggle people at the border
B) cross borders to vote
C) cross borders to collect runaway slaves
D) try to start Civil wars
B) cross borders to vote
This particular method was used to help decide the question of slavery in different areas.
popular sovereignty
Fill in the blank:
"The abolitionist ____ _____ led a group on a raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia. His target was a federal arsenal."(Hill, 437)
John Brown
What year did Confederate guns open fire on Fort Sumter?
1861
Henry Clay suggested a series of amendments to the Constitution
-True
-False
False: it was actually John Crittenden
The Newspapers wrote about "__________" and
"___________" after John Brown led an attack that killed 5 supporters of slavery
1) Bleeding Kansas
2) Civil War in Kansas
In a heated debate between Douglass & Lincoln, Lincoln once said, "But in the right to eat the bread... which his own hand earns, [an African American] is my equal and the equal of [Senator] Douglas, and the equal of every living man" (Lincoln, 1858). This quote suggests...
A) That the main topic between Lincoln and Douglas' debates were about slavery
B) That Lincoln supported slavery
C) That Douglas and Lincoln mostly debated about the flag
D) That the Lincoln-Douglas debates weren't very famous
A) That the main topic between Lincoln and Douglas' debates were about slavery
At Lincoln's Inaugural Address he stated, "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection" (Lincoln, Inaugural Address). This shows that...
Lincoln didn't approve of the secession
What were the three main points of Lincoln's closing remarks?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
1) The states should not quarrel
2) The government shall not interfere or attack the american people
3) You can have no conflict without being the aggressor