Civil War and Its Impact Quiz

Which act authorized local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners and imposed penalties on anyone who aided in their flight?

• The Second Great Awakening

• Missouri Compromise (1820)

• Louisiana Purchase (1803)

• Fugitive Slave Act (1793)

What was the purpose of the American Colonization Society (founded 1816)?

• To send free African-Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation in the United States

• To advocate for the abolition of slavery

• To balance desires of northern and southern states regarding slavery

• To organize the Territory of Nebraska

What was the impact of the Compromise of 1850 on the North?

• It gave the North 10 years to adjust to new import tax rates

• It fueled the abolitionist movement, leading to increased opposition to slavery

• It raised costs to southern agricultural exporting

• It made it possible for territories to have slavery

What was the impact of the Dred Scott v. Sanford case on the North?

• It made the North more conscious of their minority and vulnerability to a northern majority

• It scared people in the north, convincing them that the south was going to keep and extend slavery

• It outraged the North, making it possible for territories to have slavery

• It fueled the abolitionist movement, leading to increased opposition to slavery

What was the impact of John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry (1859) on the South?

• It made the division of the north and the south more inevitable

• It gave the South a more positive reputation

• It made the South outraged

• It made the South more conscious of their minority and vulnerability to a northern majority

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)?

• To end the war between the United States and Mexico

• To organize the Territory of Nebraska

• To balance desires of northern and southern states regarding slavery

• To extend the size of US territory from the West to Pacific Ocean

What was the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) on the South?

• It outraged the South

• It made the South more conscious of their minority and vulnerability to a northern majority

• It made the South more conscious of their minority and vulnerability to a northern majority

• It made it possible for territories to have slavery

What was the impact of the Underground Railroad (1838) on the South?

• It made the South outraged

• It led to the North growing hatred towards the South

• It made the South more conscious of their minority and vulnerability to a northern majority

• It made the South more conscious of their minority and vulnerability to a northern majority

What was the impact of the Compromise Tariff of 1833 on the North?

• It made the North more conscious of their minority and vulnerability to a southern majority

• It raised costs to southern agricultural exporting

• It gave the North 10 years to adjust to new import tax rates

• It significantly reduced the rates of tariffs

What was the impact of the Election of 1860 on the South?

• It made the South upset about Abraham Lincoln becoming president

• It made the South more conscious of their minority and vulnerability to a northern majority

• It made the South outraged

• It made the South more conscious of their minority and vulnerability to a northern majority