CH 10 Union in Crisis

"Popular sovereignty" during this time meant:

• there should be a balance between "free" and "slave" states.

• voters decide whether the territory or state would permit slavery or not.

• Congress decides which states should allow slavery.

• voters decided whether a territory should apply for statehood.

The Fugitive Slave Act primarily benefitted:

• the North.

• the South.

• the Western Territories.

This person was called "Black Moses" for leading so many people to freedom.

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

ALL the following are true about "Uncle Tom's Cabin" EXCEPT:

• Readers mainly had compassion for the slave, Tom.

• It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

• It was one of the most popular books in the South.

• It fueled the abolition movement.

Violence broke out in _______ over the issue of slavery, which resulted in it being known as "Bleeding ________."

• Missouri

• Nebraska

• Maryland

• Kansas

Violence over the issue of slavery reached Congress, when _____________ was severely beaten over his speech opposing it.

• Stephen Douglas

• Charles Sumner

• Roger Taney

• Preston Brooks

In one of the most shameful Supreme Court decisions, this enslaved person lost his lawsuit for freedom, which was based on his having lived in "free" states and territories.

• Dred Scott

• Roger Taney

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

His failed raid on Harpers Ferry was a cause leading to the Civil War.

• Dred Scott

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

• Stephen Douglas

The first state to secede from the United States was:

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• MIssissippi

• West Virginia

He is often rated as one of the worst U.S. Presidents due to his inability to keep the Union together and allowing Southern states to secede.

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Buchanan

• James Polk

• Andrew Jackson