Ch 14 Review

Which did Stephen Douglas do?

• wrote the Kansas Nebraska Act

• ran against Abraham Lincoln for president

• ran against Abraham Lincoln for senate

• all are correct

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Dred Scott

Jefferson Davis...

• became president of the Confederacy

• wrote the Compromise of 1850

• became a US president

• all are correct

The idea of voting on allowing slavery in a territory was called...

• Missouri Compromise

• Underground Railroad

• Popular Sovereignty

• Fugitive Slave Act

What law said that land north of Missouri's southern border could not have slavery?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Law

Why did the South approve of the Dred Scott court case decision?

• it gave Mr. Scott his freedom

• it stated that Mr. Scott wasn't a citizen and couldn't be freed

• it stated that all citizens must help return fugitive slaves

• it allowed slavery in the Mexican Cession

What was John Brown's plan in Harper's Ferry, VA?

• assassinate the president

• rob the national treasury

• overthrow the national government

• steal weapons for a slave revolt

What did the Missouri Compromise say?

• states north of "the line" could not have slavery

• states north of "the line" must allow slavery

• California will be a free state

• Missouri will be a free state

How did the book Uncle Tom's Cabin change opinions about slavery?

• it made more Northerners opposed to slavery

• it made more Southerners opposed to slavery

• it made more Northerners in favor of slavery

• it made more Southerners in favor of slavery

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act say?

• no slavery would be allowed in Kansas

• slavery would be allowed only in the summer

• since Dred Scott came to Kansas, slavery would be allowed in it

• popular sovereignty would decide the issue