Chapter 1 Lesson 1: A Decade of Crisis

What was the Antebellum Period?

• A. A time of civil war.

• B. A period of time before the Civil War.

What did the abolitionists want to achieve?

• A. They wanted to help slavery spread to all states.

• B. They wanted to end slavery because they believed it was wrong.

Which of these abolitionists was a former slave?

• A. William Lloyd Garrison

• B. Sojourner Truth

What was the main difference between the economies of the North and the South in the 1850s?

• A. There were more factories and industry in the South.

• B. There were more factories and industry in the North.

Why was the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin so popular in the United States?

• A. It was written by Frederick Douglass about how awful slavery was.

• B. It opened the eyes of many Americans to the true horror of slavery.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

• A. It allowed the people in those territories to decide whether or not to have slavery.

• B. It forced people to have slaves in those territories.

Who was John Brown?

• A. An abolitionist from New York who attacked a pro-slavery town in Kansas.

• B. A congressman from South Carolina who attacked Senator Charles Sumner.

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Dred Scott Decision?

• A. The phrase “all men are created equal” did not apply to black people.

• B. Dred Scott became a free man because he was in Illinois.

Who won the Election of 1860 even though he did not get a single vote in the South?

• A. Abraham Lincoln

• B. John Bell

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

• A. South Carolina

• B. Tennessee