The North becomes industrialized which leads to...
A. Slavery
B. Decrease in population
C. Rapid growth of cities
D. An increase in farming
What is C. The rapid growth of cities.
More factories meant more jobs.
100
What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?
A.Help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves
B.Help slaveholders buy more land
C.Allows recaptured runaway slaves to have a jury trial
D.Named slaves as people not property
What is A.Help slave owners recapture runaway slaves.
It said that recaptured slaves could be held without a warrant and took away their right to a jury trial. Southerners felt the act was justified because they viewed slaves as property. Northerners resented the act because they knew it would seem as if they supported slavery.
100
Who was Dred Scott?
A. A judge for the supreme court
B. A slave suing for freedom
C. Senator
D. A farmer
What is B. A slave suing for freedom
When his owner died, Scott sued for freedom. He argued he was a free man because he lived in a region where slavery was illegal.
100
Who won the election of 1860?
A. Stephen A. Douglas
B. William Seward
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Daniel Webster
What is C. Abraham Lincoln
100
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book that expressed moral issues about slavery. The book was written by:
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
C. Daniel Webster
D. Dred Scott
What is B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
200
Who controls the South?
A. Common farmers
B. Wealthy planters
C. Slaves
D. Immigrants
What is B. Wealthy planters
They profited from slave labor and trade.
200
What was the goal of the Kansas- Nebraska Act?
A. Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to become states.
B. Banned slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
C. Allowed slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
D. Use popular sovereignty to decide on legalizing slavery in each territory.
What is D.
Popular sovereignty is a system in which residents vote to decide an issue.
200
The supreme court ruled against Dred Scott because:
A. He lived in a free territory
B. He was not considered a U.S. citizen
C. He failed to meet burden of proof
D. He did not own property
What is B. He was not considered a U.S. Citizen and therefore could not sue in U.S. courts
200
What did it mean for a state to secede?
What is Withdraw from the Union
200
The civil war in Kansas began seeping into congress. Senator Charles Sumner gave a speech that made fun of senator A.P. Butler from South Carolina. As retaliation Preston Brooks, a relative of Butler, attacked Sumner with:
A. Lamp
B. Cane
C. Chair
D. Pen
What is B. Cane
300
Does the following statement match the north or the south?
______________are against slavery – however refuse to associate with African Americans.
What is The North.
•Southerners defended slavery – claimed whites were superior and they provided slaves with food and clothes.
300
All of the following caused Kansas to become known as "Bleeding Kansas" except:
A. Pro-slavery & antislavery settlers rushed into Kansas Territory to vote for territorial legislature.
B. Pro-slavery settlers boycotted the official government and formed a government of their own.
C. 5,000 proslavery Missourians voted in the election illegally.
D. Kansas legislature became packed with proslavery representatives.
What is B. Pro-slavery settlers boycotted the official government and formed a government of their own.
It was Antislavery settlers that boycotted and formed their own government. These events eventually led to the attack known as the "Sack of Lawrence".
300
What was Lincoln's position during the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
A. Lincoln argued U.S. government should promote the expansion of slavery
B. Lincoln argued popular sovereignty should decide the issue of slavery
C. Lincoln argued U.S. government should prevent the expansion of slavery
What is C. Lincoln argued U.S. government should prevent the expansion of slavery
300
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
A. Florida
B. South Carolina
C. Louisiana
D. Texas
What is B.South Carolina
300
Who won the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
What is Douglas won reelection, but Lincoln did end up becoming a national figure.
400
What was the goal of the Wilmont Proviso?
A. Abolish Slavery
B. Increase industrialization in the North
C. Increase the trade between North and South
D. Outlaw slavery in the territory acquired from the war with Mexico
What is D. Outlaw slavery in the territory acquired from the war with Mexico
The Wilmont Proviso did not bass as a bill because Southerners stopped it in the senate. Southerners felt it was unconstitutional.
400
In the "Sack of Lawrence" what places did pro-slavery mobs attack:
A. Antislavery offices
B. The House of the antislavery Governor
C. Farms
D. Both A and B
What is D. Both A and B
400
What did Douglas argue during the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?
A. Douglas argued U.S. government should promote the expansion of slavery
B. Douglas argued popular sovereignty should decide the issue of slavery
C. Douglas argued U.S. government should prevent the expansion of slavery
What is B. Douglas argued popular sovereignty should decide the issue of slavery
400
Who did the Confederacy name as their President?
A. Jefferson Davis
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Stephen A. Douglas
D. Dred Scott
What is A. Jefferson Davis
400
What were the Southern states called when they Became independent of the North?
A. Confederate
B. Union
What is A. Confederate
500
The Compromise of 1850 did all of the following except:
A. Prevent the admission of California as a state.
B. Admitted California as a free state
C. Abolished slavery in Washington D.C.
D. No laws would be created to abolish slavery in territories won from the war with Mexico.
What is A. Prevent the admission of California as a state.
500
Abolitionist John Brown retaliated against the Sack of Lawrence by murdering 5 proslavery people. It became known as:
A. War with Mexico
B. Attack on Harper Ferry
C. Pottawatomie Massacre
D. Civil War of Kansas
What is C. Pottawatomie Massacre
Led to civil war in Kansas.
500
All of the following happened during John Brown's attack of Harpers Ferry except:
A. John Browns followers captured the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
B. Brown sent word for slaves to join the fight and many slaves joined the fight
C. Marines captured Brown and 6 others.
D. Brown was tried for murder, treason and hung
What is B. Brown sent word for slaves to join the fight and many slaves joined the fight
500
The Union Responded to the Secession by stating all of the following except:
A. Northerners considered secession unconstitutional
B. Lincoln was against secession but did not want to invade the South
C. Praised southerners for their beliefs
D. Union forts in South needed to be resupplied
What is C. Praised southerners for their beleifs
500
How many states joined South Carolina in Secession?
Bonus: Name them
A. 5
B. 7
C. 8
D. 6
What is D. 6
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas