The Civil War

What state was admitted to the Union as a free state to balance Missouri's being added as a slave state?

• Kansas

• Nebraska

• California

• Maine

Who authored both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Clay

• Stephen Douglas

• John Brown

What is popular sovereignty?

• It abolishes slavery.

• It legalizes slavery.

• Residents of a state can decide for themselves if the state will allow slavery.

• Black people and women are given the right to vote.

Which novel is credited with turning millions in the north against slavery?

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• Little Women

What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?

• Required northerners to assist in returning escaped slaves.

• Required southerners to release their slaves.

• Required northerners to become slaves if they were fugitives.

• Abolished slavery in states in rebellion.

What were "free soilers?"

• People from Missouri who went to Kansas to fight for slavery.

• People from the south that moved to Kansas to make it a slave state.

• People who moved to Kansas to make it a free state.

• People who moved away from Kansas because of the fighting.

What best describes the violence in Congress?

• The Senator from Massachusetts was beaten with a cane by a congressman from South Carolina for attacking slave owners.

• A Congressman from South Carolina was beaten with a cane by a Senator from Massachusetts for owning slaves.

• A Congressman from Massachusetts beats a Senator from Kansas because of the fighting there.

• The Senator from Illinois wants a train from Chicago to California so he fights the Senator from Nebraska.

What did the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision state?

• It abolished slavery.

• It gave Dred Scott the right to sue his master since he took him to the north,

• It held that Dred Scott was not a US citizen.

• It stated that slaves could not be taken to free states.

What was the big takeaway of the Lincoln Douglas debates?

• Douglas and Lincoln agree that slavery is wrong.

• Even though Lincoln doesn't win the Senate race, he becomes a national figure because of his speaking ability.

• Lincoln wins the Senate race in Illinois and the Presidency two years later.

• Lincoln agrees with Stephen Douglas that slavery should be legal.

Why did John Brown attack the federal armory at Harper's Ferry?

• He was extreme in his belief that violence was wrong and he wanted to destroy all the weapons there.

• He was on the south's side and wanted to get weapons to fight people who were against slavery.

• He wanted weapons to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.

• He wanted weapons to build an army that would free slaves all throughout the country.