Slavery Becomes a National Issue

In which area was slavery prohibited by the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• Area A

• Area B

• Area C

• Area D

Who led a raid on a government weapons storehouse in Harpers Ferry in 1859?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to __________ between people who wanted slavery and people who did not.

• fighting

• agreement

a state of the U.S. in which slavery was prohibited before the Civil War

• slave state

• free state

• slave trade

• sectional

money that must be paid as a punishment for breaking a law

• nullify

• fine

• rebel

• fugitive

a state that supported slavery before and during the Civil War

• free state

• states rights

• popular sovereignty

• slave state

a person who tries to escape from law enforcement by fleeing to a different area

• rebel

• compromise

• free state

• fugitive

Where did most Southerners live in the 1850s?

• cities
• large towns
• farms
• up North

Where were most of the cities in the 1850s?

• North
• South
• East
• West

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
• Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
• Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
• Someone who wants to never wear jeans.