AAH Midterm Review

First and Last Name

African American troops were in high demand at the outset of the Civil War.

• True
• False

Slave forced to serve in the Confederate navy who earned great admiration from Union leaders when he turned over a Confederate ship to the Union.

• John Brown
• Robert Smalls
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Frederick Douglass

The antislavery movement began in the years just before the outbreak of the Civil War.

• True
• False

Who started the Civil War?

• Union
• Confederacy
• California
• Prinsident Lincoln

The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act led seven southern states to secede from the Union.

• True
• False

The expansion of slavery into new territories in the West led to great conflict in the United States.

• True
• False

Well-known abolitionist who published an antislavery newspaper, The North Star, and actively called for the enlistment of African American soldiers.

• Frederick Douglass
• Abraham Lincoln
• Dred Scott
• William Lloyd Garrison

Maine’s application for statehood led to an intense debate over the expansion of slavery that was temporarily settled by the Compromise of 1850.

• True
• False

Female abolitionist whose slave narrative and fiery speeches attracted followers to the antislavery cause.

• Sojourner Truth
• Mary J. Jones
• Rosa Parks