The Nation Splits

The Kansas-Nebraska Act got rid of which other piece of legislation?

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Monroe Doctrine

• The American System

The law based on popular sovereignty was the

• Missouri Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Doctrine of Nullification

The Fugitive-Slave Act did all of the following EXCEPT

• Outlaw the practice of hiring bounty hunters to track down escaped slaves

• Require captured African Americans to prove their freedom

• Return individuals to slavery who had been free for many years

• Impose heavy penalties on anyone who assisted runaway slaves

The abolitionist who took part in Bleeding Kansas and the raid on Harper’s Ferry was

• Jefferson Davis

• John Brown

• Stephen Douglas

• Dred Scott

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who is against the spread of slavery but thinks it is ok to still have slavery in places it exists.

• Someone who is against slavery.

• Someone who is for Abraham Lincoln.

• Someone who is for the spread of slavery.

The Free-Soil Party evolved into the Republican Party. The basis of their platform was the belief that

• The entire country should abolish slavery and all former slaves should be sent back to Africa

• Slavery should not expand beyond where it is already located

• People should be allowed to vote to decide whether or not they want slavery to exist in their state

• Farmers should be allowed to own two slaves per acre of land that they work

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin affected the U.S. by

• Turning more Northerners against slavery

• Getting women to join the nurse’s corps

• Encouraging African Americans to support secession

• Convincing Northerners that the war was unwinnable

Based on her novel Uncle Tom’ Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe would BEST be characterized as a/an

• Abolitionist

• Democrat

• Women's rights protester

• Pro-slavery advocate

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decided that Scott(‘s)

• Owner had violated the law

• Had to be returned to the South in chains

• Should be set free

• Was not a citizen and had no right to sue

The Compromise of 1850 was a reaction to the potential admission of which state to the United States?

• Kansas

• California

• Missouri

• Rhode Island