Unit 6 Test (Chapter 15 & 16)

The first American women's rights convention was held in which state?

• Georgia

• New York

• Ohio

• Virginia

What was the most controversial issue at the Seneca Falls Convention?

• education

• jobs

• slavery

• suffrage

Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• William Lloyd Garrison

Which famous African American abolitionist, speaker, and writer escaped from slavery as a runaway?

• John Russwurm

• Frederick Douglass

• Samuel Cornish

• William Lloyd Garrison

Who was the schoolteacher who helped educate the public about the living conditions of the mentally ill?

• Dorothea Dix

• Samuel Gridley Howe

• George Catlin

• Thomas Gallaudet

Founded by Mary Lyon, Mount Holyoke was a school for

• women

• lawyers

• ministers

• Astronomers

Stephen A. Douglas's plan to let each territory vote on slavery was called ____.

• Popular Choice

• Territorial Sovreignty

• Electoral Choice

• Popular Sovereignty

Who became popular around the nation during the Illinois Senate race of 1858?

• John Brown

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• Roger B. Taney

Southerners justified secession with the theory of ____.

• states' rights
• civil rights

• equality of all men

• international law

According to which law could a person be fined or imprisoned for helping a runaway slave?

• Clay's Ruling

• Southern Slave Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Runaway Slave Act