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What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who fought for women's right to vote

• Someone who was part of the Know-nothing party

• Someone who immigrated from Ireland

• Someone who wanted to end slavery

What did the Missouri Compromise do?

• It made slavery illegal for the whole country

• It was an agreement between the poor and the rich in Missouri

• It banned slavery above the 36° latitude line

• It made Missouri a free state as long as they agreed to pay a fee

What did Harriet Tubman do when she learned that she would be sold to a different slaveowner farther south?

• Quietly complied

• Changed her name, ran away, and successfully helped hundreds of enslaved people find freedom

• She determined to work even harder so that the person who first enslaved her would not want to sell her

• burned the house of those who enslaved her

Dred Scott was an African American who sued for his freedom on the grounds that he had lived in a free state. What did Roger Taney (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) rule in the Dred Scott case?

• That Dred Scott and his family would be free for the rest of their lives

• That African Americans, whether enslaved or free, were not citizens and so could not even sue in the first place

• That Dred Scott could be free but he had to pay a lot of money

Which state was called "Bleeding ___________" because of the violence that was occurring in the 1850s over the issue of slavery?

• Kansas

• Nebraska

• Missouri

• California

What was the name of the radical abolitionist who attacked Harper's Ferry in order to start a rebellion and was hung after he was caught?

• Dred Scott

• Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglas

• John Brown

What was Abraham Lincoln's view on slavery?

• That slavery is wrong and ought to be abolished

• That slavery is good for both the African Americans who were enslaved and for those who enslaved them

• He didn't really care one way or the other

• He thought slavery wasn't morally good, but he still owned slaves and thought the nation was too dependent on them to do anything about it