Unit 4 Practice

Front

How did Bleeding Kansas lead to the Civil War?

Back

Bleeding Kansas intensified the divide over slavery and contributed to the start of the Civil War.

Front

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by: Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Dred Scott, John Brown

Back

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Front

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act how was the issue of slavery in those territories decided?

Back

By a vote of the people there

Front

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

Back

Dred Scott was not a citizen and slaves could be taken anywhere.

Front

Which abolitionist published abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator?

Back

William Lloyd Garrison

Front

Which abolitionist published an autobiography about their life as a slave? Options: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher-Stowe, Harriet Tubman, William Still

Back

Frederick Douglass

Front

Which law introduced the concept of 'popular sovereignty' into the debate over slavery?

Back

The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

Front

What declared that slaves should remain property and did not have rights that should be recognized by white society?

Back

the Dred Scott Decision, 1857

Front

Why did Americans living in Texas want to declare war on Mexico? Options: The Mexican government raised taxes on cotton exports. The Mexican government issued a ban on slavery. The Mexican government made Catholicism the nation’s official religion. The Mexican government halted immigration to Texas.

Back

The Mexican government issued a ban on slavery.

Front

What concept is John L Sullivan talking about in the quote? Options: the American System, Manifest Destiny, the nullification crisis, education reform

Back

Manifest Destiny