Chapter 21 A Dividing Nation

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriett Beecher Stowe

• Uncle Tom

• David Davis

Which state was the first to secede from the United States?

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Texas

• Alabama

What did the Dred Scott decision allow in all U.S. Territories, and which amendment supported the decision?

• Slavery was now allowed in all territories.

  The 5th Amendment

• Slavery was made illegal in all U.S. Territories.

  The 5th Amendment

• Slaves were freed if they lived in a free territory.

  The 4th Amendment

Identify the four provisions (agreements) of the Compromise of 1850. (Mark all answers that apply)

• Slave trade is banned in Washington D.C.

• California becomes a free state

• The 36/30 Compromise Line allows slavery south of the line and bans slavery north of the line, except Missouri

• New Mexico and Utah are territories open to slavery

• Strict fugitive slave laws are enforced

The attack on __________ ___________ by the south, led to the outbreak of the Civil War?

• Fort McCloud

• Harper's Ferry

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Hamilton

______________ Sued for freedom, because he/she lived in free territory for an extended period of time.

• Uncle Tom

• Dred Scott

• James Brown

• Fredrick Douglass

• Harriett Tubman

Identify the three provisions (agreements) of the Missouri Compromise. (Mark all answers that apply)

• New Mexico and Utah are states open to slavery

• Missouri becomes a slave state

• the 36/30 compromise line allows slavery south of the line and bans slavery north of the line, except Missouri

• Main becomes a free state

• California becomes a free state

True or False? John Brown led the raid on Harper's Ferry to gain ammunition for runaway slaves. This made him a hero to many abolitionists living in the North.

• The whole statement is TRUE

• Some of the statement is FALSE

Southerners were pleased with the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin because it provided a true account of life in the South for enslaved African Americans?

• True

• False

Which of the following events happened first?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Missouri Compromise

• Dred Scott Decision

• Compromise of 1850