Unit 6 exam (Causes of the Civil War)

Which of the following best describes John Brown?

• radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

• a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence

• a pro-slavery Senator

• a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

• slavery would be banned in all future states.

• the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

• the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

• slavery would be allowed in every future state.

What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• the expansion of slavery
• the building of railroads 
• the provision of women's suffrage
• support for the homesteading 

This was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery. 

• Harriet's Cabin
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Slavery 
• State's Rights

WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE?

• MAINE WAS A FREE STATE

• MISSOURI WAS A SLAVE STATE

• CALIFORNIA WAS A SLAVE STATE

• NO SLAVERY ABOVE 36 30 LINE

What did the Wilmot Proviso state?

• Slavery should not expand into the territory acquired after the Mexican American War

• All runway slaves who are captured must be brought back to their plantations in the southern states

• The Slave Trade would end in 1845 for all states of the Union

• Slavery would be permitted in some Northern states

Abolitionist who raided the Harper's Ferry arsenal in 1859 to arm slaves to revolt.

• Harriet Tubman
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• John Brown
• William Lloyd Garrison

The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...

• Freedom Act.

• Emancipation Act.

• Slaveowners Act.

• Fugitive Slave Act.

Which was not true of the new Fugitive Slave Act?

• Required policemen to arrest suspected runaways.

• Punished those aiding runaway slaves with prison and a large fine.

• Popular in the North.

• Kept suspected slaves from testifying on their own behalf.

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would decide whether the territories became free or slave?

• popular sovereignty
• the 36'30" parallel
• one would be a slave state, the other a free state
• Rock, Paper, Scissors