Week 19 Test

Which Act allowed the population of the territory to vote if they would legalize slavery?

• Missouri Compromise Act of 1820
• Homestead Act of 1862
• Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
• Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

Which Act required escaping enslaved people to be captured by law enforcement and returned to slavery?

• Compromise of 1850

• Underground Railroad Act
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Fugitive Slave Act of 1860

The Missouri Compromise allowed which state to be a "free state"?

• California
• Texas
• Florida
• Maine

The Missouri Compromise allowed which state to be a "slave state"?

• Louisiana
• Georgia
• Virginia
• Missouri

A person who opposes legalized slavery.

• abolitionist
• slaveholder
• proponent
• enslaver

The system of secret codes, paths, and highways used to help formerly enslaved people escape to freedom.

• Underground Railroad
• Overground Railroad
• Underwater Railroad
• Sky Railroad

How many states did not include Abraham Lincoln on their ballot in 1860?

• 20
• 9

• 15
• 5

Which two politicians had a series of popular debates about slavery and states' rights?

• Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas
• George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
• Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan

Which political party nominated Stephen Douglas for president in 1860?

• Democratic Party
• Green Party
• Whig Party
• Republican Party

Which state was the third to secede from the Union

• Mississippi
• Alabama
• Florida
• Georgia