The Road to the Civil War TEST

What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?

• Put and end to the Underground Railroad

• Freed all slaves

• Made it illegal for slaveholders to recapture their slaves

• Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves

The new Republican Party ______.

• Drew support from many southerners

• Was dedicated to stopping the spread of slavery

• Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Enjoyed victory in the Presidential election of 1856

This was a mini-Civil War fought in the Kansas territory between pro-slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers 

• Missouri Compromise 
• Summer if 1856
• Bleeding Kansas
• Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas

Who Was John Brown?

• An avid abolitionist
• President of the United States of America
• A rich slave owner
• A southern democrat

The purpose of John Brown's raid was to....

• steal supplies and sell them for money
• get his name in the local newspapers
• start a slave revolt
• get the 13th amendment passed

What caused Southern States to secede from the Union?

• The Election of Lincoln in 1860
• The Dred Scott Decision
• Harper's Ferry
• Bleeding Kansas

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

Which word means to withdraw or leave?

• Nullify

• Secede

• Ratify

• Levy

The Fugitive Slave Law did all of the following EXCEPT

• Fine or Jail someone for helping a runaway slave

• Require runaway slaves to be returned to their owner

• Made northerners accept slavery

• Punish escaped criminals

Scott believed he should be a free man because?

• His owner took him to a free state and territory

• Scott used the Underground Railroad to gain his freedom

• He purchased his freedom from his owner

• Scott's owner died