American History Quiz

This law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves.

• Dred Scott Case

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Dred Scott Case

This person led a raid at Harpers Ferry, VA in an attempt to rob the armory and steal weapons to fight against slavery.

• Nat Turner

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

Which of the following was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?

• New Mexico and Utah territories would vote on issues of slavery

• The passing of the Fugitive Slave Law

• California admitted as free state

• US agreed to stay out of foreign affairs

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states. North of the line slavery was ________ or banned, South of the line slavery was ________.

What Claim Did Dred Scott Sue With?

• People with Slaves Should be Prosecuted

• No One Should be a Slave or Own Slaves.

• Since He Had Once Lived In An Anti-Slavery Area He Would Always Be Free

• Slavery Is Illegal

The Dred Scott decision...

• angered southerners, satisfied northerners.

• promoted the abolitionist movement.

• resulted in a compromise between the North & South.

• satisfied southerners, angered northerners.

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.

• That slavery lessened the national character.

• That slavery should be abolished by executive order

• That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.

The Election of 1860 was won by the...

• Constitutional Union Party

• Northern Democratic Party

• Southern Democratic Party

• Republican Party

What caused Southern States to secede (leave) from the Union?

• Harper's Ferry

• The Dred Scott Decision

• Bleeding Kansas

• The Election of Lincoln in 1860