Antebellum Unit Section 1 and 2 Quiz

1. During what event in Kansas did nearly pro-slavery men burn down the anti-slavery capital city?

• Attack of Idaho
• Sack of Lawrence
• Siege of Wisconsin
• War of Abolition

2. Which abolitionist was involved in the Pottawatomie Massacre?

• Frederick Douglass
• Harriet Tubman
• Franklin Pierce
• John Brown

3. Which state earned the nickname "Bleeding ____________"?

• Nebraska
• Illinois
• Kansas
• Missouri

4. A series of laws that were passed in order to control slaves lives and prevent escape were known as what?

• Slave Laws
• Slave Codes
• Slave Rules
• Fugitive Slave Act

5. Who created both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Nat Turner
• Henry Clay
• Elias Howe

6. Which statement best defines the idea of popular sovereignty?

• Political power belongs to the people
• Political power belongs to the government
• There should be no government at all
• Government should control every aspect of people’s lives

7. What was the intended purpose of the Wilmot Proviso?

• Outlaw slavery throughout the United States
• Outlaw slavery in all parts of the Mexican Cession
• Outlaw slavery in the North
• Outlaw slavery in the South

8. What is the title of the book that is known as one of the most famous examples of anti-slavery literature?

• Slavery in the South
• Uncle Paul's Cabin
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin
• Uncle Tom’s Plantation

9. Which political party was made up of anti-slavery Northerners?

• Whig Party
• Democratic Party
• Republican Party
• Free Soil Party

10. Who won the election of 1848?

• Winfield Scott
• Zachary Taylor
• Elias Howe
• Nat Turner