8th Grade Unit 1 Test Prep

_____________ is a rivalry or tension that develops between people who are loyal to their region.

• Sectionalism

• Capitalism

• Slavery

• Emancipation

The lawsuit Dred Scott v. Stanford, officially recognized Dred Scott and [other slaves as United States citizens.]

• True-the statement is true

• False-The lawsuit did not recognize Scott as a U.S citizen

True or False: [Bleeding Kansas]was a battle between radical abolitionists and border ruffians in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• True- The statement is true

• False- The Civil War was the battle.

_________________ would be disgruntled Southerners that would go to the
                      Kansas-Nebraska border to chase out any anti-slavery activists.

• Border Ruffians

• Enslaved people

• Abolitionists

• Migrants

________________________ was a radical abolitionist who had a farm near
                    Lake Placid, NY. He also attempted to incite a slave rebellion at Harper’s Ferry, VA.

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• Sojourner Truth

______________________ was nicknamed “Moses” and she helped guide escaping 
                      slaves through the Underground Railroad to the North.

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• Sojourner Truth

_________________ was a former enslaved man who taught himself how to read and
                    write and taught other enslaved people how to read and write. He became a popular author.

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• Sojourner Truth

 _________________ was the abolitionist who started his own newspaper “The
                      Liberator”. This newspaper posted anti-slavery articles and stories

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• William Lloyd Garrison

Under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, what would happen to runaway slaves if they  were found?

• They would be granted immediate freedom

• They would be returned to their original state and owner.

• They would be shipped to the Western territories

• They would buy their way out of jail.

The _______________________________________would be the first act of compromise to help balance
                        the slave and free state count in the Union. This compromise also drew an  
                        imaginary  boundary line separating North and South

• Missouri Compromise

• Wilmot Proviso

• Declaration of Independence

• Louisiana Purchase