Uncle Tom's Cabin

According to the article, Uncle Tom's Cabin was a great force in uniting the North against slavery.

• True
• False

What law inspired Stowe to write the book?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Dawes Act
• Lincoln-Douglas Act

Although the book is about slavery Stowe never lived in a _________________ state.

• free
• slave
• northern

What was Stowe's first full length novel?

• To Kill a Mockingbird
• The Slave Catcher
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• The Last of the Mohicans

How was Uncle Tom's Cabin able to reach such a large audience?

• plays were developed for it
• it ran in a newspaper as a twelve part series
• people shared the story with each other
• all of these

Why was Tom not able to get his freedom when St. Clair owned him?

• St. Clair refused
• St. Clair died
• St. Clair didn't have legal authority
• none of these

Who is Simon Legree?

• A terrible slave owner depicted in the book
• Harriet Beecher Stowe's husband
• Uncle Tom's best friend
• an escaped slave that vows to help Tom

Slave owners condemned Uncle Tom's Cabin as "unfair and inaccurate."

• True
• False

What was the only book more widely read than Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1861?

• The Almanac
• The Bible
• Huck Finn
• Tom Sawyer

The book is one of the least influential events leading up to the Civil War

• True
• False