A Dividing Nation

Which one of the following is Not true of the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.
• Maine entered the Union as a free state.
• Slavery was banned north of the 36 degrees 30' line of lattitude.
• It upset the balance between slave and free states in the Senate.

What event inspired many Americans to become abolitionist?

• Missouri Compromise
• Gag Rule
• Second Great Awakening
• The Election of 1860

What event began the Civil War?

• the attack of Preston Brooks on Charles Sumner
• South Carolina's bombing of Fort Sumter
• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
• the election of 1860

Which event led to bloodshed over slavery?

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Dred Scott Decision
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

The passage of a strong fugitive slave law was the most controversial part of which event?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Compromise of 1850
• Dred Scott Decision
• Missouri Compromise

What event made John Brown a hero among abolitionists?

• Bleeding Kansas
• Election of 1860
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Raid on Harper's Ferry

The Dred Scott Decision

• allowed slavery in the territories.
• was widely approved by the North.
• triggered a widespread slave rebellion.
• ruled that slavery violated the Fifth Amendment.

Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the Election of 1860?

• Most of Lincoln's popular votes came from the North.
• This election showed how divided the nation was over slavery.
• It revealed how little support abolitionists had in the North.
• It led to talk of secession by southern leaders.

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the 

• North Star.
• Liberator.
• Underground Railroad.
• Uncle Tom's Cabin.

The purpose of Harriet Beecher Stowe's fiction novel was to

• start a Civil War.
• show slaves as helpless children.
• turn people against slavery.
• persuade slave owners to set their slaves free.