Civil War & Reconstruction I

Civil War & Reconstruction I

Antebellum: The Coming Crisis

Multiple Choice

What movement in the United States began in the North and advocated the freeing of slaves along with the end of slavery?

• temperance

• suffrage

• transcendentalism

• abolition

Open Ended

Name three parts of the Compromise of 1850.

Multiple Choice

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 do?

• made Kansas and Nebraska states

• ended slavery

• made Kansas and Nebraska territories open to popular sovereignty

• ended the Missouri Compromise entirely

Multiple Choice

What was the result of the ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• slaves are property, Compromise of 1820 unconstitutional

• slave trading illegal, all slaves that cross into the North are free

• state laws are superior to national law

• led to the 12th Amendment making slavery legal

Multiple Select

What two candidates for Illinois Senate seat gained national attention during their debates?

• Andrew Johnson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglas

• Steven Douglas

• John Wilkes Booth

Multiple Choice

Who led the Raid on Harper's Ferry?

• Henry Cabot Lodge

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglas

• Charles Sumner