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The Fugitive Slave Act
Antislavery Literature
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Dred Scott Decision
The Election of 1860
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______ made it a federal crime to help runaway slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act
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What was the point of antislavery literature?
To raise awareness about the cruelty of slavery
100
True or False: Southern congress supported Douglas's plan
False
100
Was Dred Scott free?
No
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What year was the election held?
1860
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Who could arrest runaway slaves?
Officials
200
When was Uncle Tom's Cabin published?
1852
200
Who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
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Taney used which amendment as support?
The Fifth Amendment
200
What party was Lincoln part of?
Republican
300
Who did the Fugitive Slave Act benefit?
The north
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When did slave narratives become popular?
The 1840s
300
Where did Douglas want to build a railroad to from Illinois?
To the Pacific Ocean
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Which future president was involved with the Dred Scott Decision?
Abraham Lincoln
300
Which presidents were slaveholders?
Bell, Douglas
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What were the consequences in helping a runaway slave?
$1,000 and 6 months in jail
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
400
Where was Stephen Douglas from?
Chicago, Illinois
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Taney believed that ____ had no rights.
African Americans
400
Name one candidate in the election of 1860
Lincoln, Douglas, Breckinridge, Bell
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Who cant the nation's attention about using nonviolent ways to catch slaves?
Anthony Burns
500
How long did it take to sell 2 million copies of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Within 10 years
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What was the point of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
To divide the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories
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Who was the Chief Justice at the Supreme Court?
Roger B. Taney
500
Who won the election?
Lincoln