SECTIONALISM AND REFORM REVIEW

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin encouraged —

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organized resistance to slavery

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William Lloyd Garrison advanced the abolitionist movement by —

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publishing an anti-slavery newspaper

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Which of the following is an example of civil disobedience against the practice of slavery? Nullification Act, Boston Tea Party, Great Awakening, Underground Railroad

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Underground Railroad

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How did Henry David Thoreau demonstrate his belief in civil disobedience?

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He refused to pay taxes in protest against the Mexican War.

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Which of the following best summarizes the Compromise of 1850? Slavery was to be allowed in all areas of the Mexican Cession. Slavery was to be outlawed in all areas of the Mexican Cession. Slavery was to be allowed in California but not Texas. Slavery was to be allowed in Texas but NOT California.

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Slavery was to be allowed in Texas but NOT California.

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Why was slavery nearly nonexistent in the Northern states by the time that the Civil War began? Options: Northern farmers were poor and could not afford slaves. Most Northern states outlawed slavery after a series of slave rebellions. The industrial economies of the Northern states was not suited to slave labor. Christian leaders in the North pressed state lawmakers to outlaw slavery on moral grounds.

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The industrial economies of the Northern states was not suited to slave labor.

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Using the poster above, why would free blacks in Boston be afraid?

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They could be kidnapped as slaves.

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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 gave the government the financial and physical responsibility of capturing and returning slaves to their owners.

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capturing and returning slaves to their owners.

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In the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, the United States Supreme Court decided that —

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slaves were not American citizens and had no rights.

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The poster above reflects opposition to federal enactment of the —

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Fugitive Slave Law