CH 15 Test Review

The Fugitive Slave Act was popular with Southerners because it required Northerners to help return runaway slaves.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Senator from Illinois who promoted the idea of "popular sovereignty" was

• Frederick Douglas

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

The violent abolitionist who attacked the arsenal at Harper's Ferry was

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Angela Grimke

• Frederick Douglas

• John Brown

The Dred Scott decision meant that slavery was banned in all the territories of the United States.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Border Ruffians were opposed to the spread of slavery.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Republican Party favored the expansion of slavery.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Election of 1858 made Abraham Lincoln a person who was known around the country.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The abolitionist Harriet Beecher planned to give weapons to slaves and lead a violent uprising.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Many Northerners thought John Brown was a hero and were saddened by his death.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Abraham Lincoln said that if elected president he would immediately abolish slavery.

• TRUE

• FALSE