A Nation Divided

Who was the slave that sued for his freedom?

• Fredrick Douglas

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

• Dred Scot

Name the first state to secede

• South Carolina

• Texas

• North Carolina

• Mississippi

The most hated provision of the Compromise of 1850 for abolitionists was __________________.

• California becoming a free state

• The slave trade being abolished in Washington, DC

• Utah and New Mexico territories being open to slavery

• The Fugitive Slave Act

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by ________________.

• Henry Ward Beecher

• Herman Melville

• Emily Dickinson

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

In the 1857 Dred Scott case, the US Supreme Court ruled that blacks _________________________.

• must move to Liberia after emancipation

• were not citizens

• had limited voting rights

• were barred from working in federal jobs

This law gave southerners more opportunity to have their escaped slaves caught and returned to their masters in the south.

• Annexation of Texas

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Missouri Compromise

How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the United States?

• Slavery would not be permitted in unofficial states.
• State or territories would decide whether to permit slavery.
• Slavery would not be permitted anywhere in the country.
• The federal government wold have the last word on slavery. 

President of the Confederate States of America

• Abe Lincoln
• Henry Clay
• Roger B. Taney
• Jefferson Davis

Why did John Brown attack Harper's Ferry?

• Harper's Ferry was a pro-slavery settlement.

• He wanted revenge for an attack on his family.

• Native Americans at Harper's Ferry had been causing problems.

• He wanted to arm slaves for a revolt.

What caused the southern states to begin to secede?

• the Dred Scott decision

• the Battle at Fort Sumter

• the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860

• the Compromise of 1850