Compromise and Conflict Quiz

What was the Missouri Compromise?

• A law that allowed all states to choose if they wanted slavery

• An agreement to keep the number of free and slave states equal

• A decision to make Missouri a free state

• A treaty with Native American tribes

What did the Compromise of 1850 allow territories to do?

• Become free states automatically

• Choose to be slave states or free states by popular sovereignty

• Ban slavery in all territories

• Join the Union without any conditions

What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Law?

• To free all slaves in the South

• To order people to return runaways to slavery

• To allow slaves to vote

• To ban slavery in new territories

Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

• John Brown

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Dred Scott

• Abraham Lincoln

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

• Slaves were considered property

• Slaves were granted citizenship

• Slavery was banned in all territories

• Slaves could vote in elections

What did abolitionist John Brown do in 1859?

• Wrote a book against slavery

• Started a rebellion against slavery by attacking an Army post

• Became a Supreme Court judge

• Ran for political office

What was the result of John Brown's attack on Harpers Ferry?

• He was elected to Congress

• He was captured, convicted, and hung

• He successfully freed many slaves

• He escaped to Canada

What did many northerners think of John Brown?

• They thought he was a hero

• They thought he was a traitor

• They were indifferent to his actions

• They wanted him to be president

What did the story "Uncle Tom's Cabin" convince northerners to do?

• Support slavery

• Oppose slavery

• Move to the South

• Ignore the issue of slavery

What did some southerners want to do by 1860?

• Abolish slavery

• Leave the Union to defend their way of life

• Support John Brown

• Move to the North