Unit 9 Lesson 6 Assignment

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Harriet Tubman

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Louisa May Alcott

Which abolitionist led an attack on Harpers Ferry and called for a slave rebellion?

• John Brown

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

Which law required citizens to return runaway slaves to their owners?

• Underground Railroad

• Fugitive Slave Law

• States’ rights

• Missouri Compromise

What part of the United States had an urban, industrialized economy with factories?

• the Northern states

• the Southern states

• the Western territories

• Canada

Which of the following did the South believe in?

• Abolitionism

• Slavery

Congress passed high ______ on goods made from outside of the United States to help the North sell their manufactured goods.

• slaves

• tariffs

• wars

• states

The part of the United States that had an agricultural economy with large cotton plantations in the 1800s was ____.

• the Northern states

• the Southern states

• the Western territories

• Canada

Which “conductor” of the Underground Railroad led more than 400 slaves to freedom?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Jefferson Davis

An abolitionist is someone who ____.

• supports slavery.

• opposes slavery.

• opposes war.

• supports states’ rights.

Who was elected president of the United States and believed in a strong federal government and abolishing slavery?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown