Antebellum Period Review

Underground Railroad:

Which of the following best defines the Underground Railroad?

• Path that escaped slaves took to freedom in the North

• Secret Northern Railroad built to transfer slaves after the Civil War

• Nickname for the Fugitive Slave Act

Underground Railroad:

Who was the most famous Conductor of the Underground Railroad?

• Rosa Parks

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

Missouri Compromise:

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• To end slavery in the South

• To maintain balance between free states and slave states

• To allow slavery in the new western territories

Missouri Compromise:

Missouri was added as a slave state...Which territory was added as a free state?

• Maine

• Delaware

• New Jersey

William Lloyd Garrison:

What was the name of Garrison's anti-slavery newspaper?

• "The North Star"

• "Abolitionist Post"

• "The Liberator"

Uncle Tom's Cabin:

Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriett Beecher Stowe, was used as ____________ by the abolitionists.

• pro-slavery literature

• a reason for war

• a piece of propaganda

The Compromise of 1850:

The Compromise of 1850 gave the Northern states California as a free state...What did the Compromise give the Southern States?

• Kansas as a slave state

• Removal of import tariffs

• The Fugitive Slave Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act:

How did the Kansas - Nebraska Act answer the question: How should slavery be decided in the Western Territories?

• The People should decide - "popular sovereignty"

• Use the Missouri Compromise line

• Congress will vote on new territories

John Brown's Raid:

What was the goal of John Brown's raid of the arsenal at Harpers Ferry?

• To remove Abraham Lincoln from office

• To start a slave rebellion

• To stop the Underground Railroad

John Brown's Raid:

How many slaves joined Brown's Rebellion?

• 50

• 125

• 0