Unit 8 - Politics of Slavery

Unit 10 - The Politics of Slavery

Multiple Choice

California and Oregon were both what kind of states?

• Slave States

• Confused States

• Free States

• Slave and Free States

Multiple Choice

How many slave states did we have before the Civil War?

• 12

• 14

• 15

• 16

Adding New Territories

• Mexican Cession added 500,000 square miles to the U.S.

• Wilmot Proviso wanted to ban slavery from any new territory gained from the Mexican-American War and it failed in the senate

• Free-Soil Party was created by abolitionist or anti-slavery people and Martin Van Buren was their pick as president

• The Free-Soil Party lost the election, but it showed there was support for an anti-slavery platform in the U.S.

Multiple Choice

What added 500,000 square miles to the U.S. after the Mexican-American War?

• Mexican Cession

• Wilmot Proviso

• Texas Independence

• Free-Soil Party

Multiple Choice

What political party was created to stop the spread of slavery in the U.S.?

• Democrat Party

• Know Nothing Party

• Free Soil Party

• Federalist Party

Multiple Choice

Where did the Wilmot Proviso fail to pass?

• House of Representatives

• Senate

• U.S. Supreme Court

• President

Compromise of 1850

• California is ready to become a state by 1850 thanks to the Gold Rush

• The question is will it be a free or slave state?

• There were 30 free and slave senators and Southern states wanted to keep it even

• Henry Clay came up with a plan called the Compromise of 1850

• 1) California would be a free state, but any states created from the Mexican Cession would be open to slavery, 2) No slave trading in Washington D.C., and 3) A Fugitive Slave law would be passed to help slave owners recover their slaves that ran away, 4)Popular Sovereignty would decide future free and slave states

Multiple Select

Which of these was part of the Compromise of 1850? (Pick 3)

• California admitted as a free state

• No slave trading in Washington D.C.

• Utah admitted as a slave state

• A stronger fugitive slave law would be passed

Multiple Choice

What event helped California to quickly gain population and become a state?

• Silver Rush

• Copper Rush

• Lead Rush

• Gold Rush

Multiple Choice

What war helped create tension between the North and South?

• American Revolution

• War of 1812

• Seminole War

• Mexican-American War

Fugitive Slave Act

• Made it a crime to help a runaway slave

• A free African-American had to prove they were free

• Judges would be paid more money for returning runaway slaves than if they let them stay in the North

• This law allowed slave catchers into the north to capture and return runaways

• Abolitionists resisted this law and actively hid and helped escape runaway slaves

Multiple Select

Which of these was true of the Fugitive Slave Act? (Pick 3)

• The entire North accepted this law and helped return slaves

• Judges got paid more to return slaves

• Slave catchers were allowed into the North to return slaves

• Abolitionists resisted this law and hid slaves

Multiple Choice

Abolitionists actively resisted this law and helped slaves run away.

• True

• False

• Need More Information

Multiple Choice

Those who resisted the Fugitive Slave Act could be fined or imprisoned.

• True

• False

Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Was written by abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe

• The book exposed the cruelty of slavery and was a best seller and over 2,000,000 copies were purchased

• The South hated the book and complained that Stowe had never been to a plantation and did not know what she was talking about

• This book raised tensions between the North and the South

Multiple Choice

How many copies of Uncle Tom's Cabin was sold?

• 200,000

• 500,000

• 1,000,000

• 2,000,000

Multiple Choice

The South liked Uncle Tom's Cabin because it gave an accurate account of what it was like to be a slave in the South.

• True

• False

• Need More Information

Multiple Choice

What event led Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Wilmot Proviso

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act