1.2 AICE US History

What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850?

• To establish a network of secret routes for escaped slaves.

• To settle the issue of slavery in territories acquired from Mexico.

• To provide legal protection to escaped slaves.

• To create the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

Which law required all citizens to assist in the return of escaped slaves to their owners?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Personal Liberty Laws

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Popular Sovereignty

Who is the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Stephen A. Douglas

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A series of laws to settle the issue of slavery.

• A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people to escape to free states and Canada.

• A series of violent political confrontations in Kansas.

• A principle that settlers of a given territory have the sole right to decide whether slavery will be permitted.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 create?

• A law that required citizens to assist in the return of escaped slaves.

• A series of laws to settle the issue of slavery in territories acquired from Mexico.

• The territories of Kansas and Nebraska, allowing settlers to decide whether to allow slavery.

• Laws passed by Northern states to counter the Fugitive Slave Act.

Who was caned by Preston Brooks on the Senate floor in 1856?

• John Brown

• Charles Sumner

• Franklin Pierce

• Stephen A. Douglas

Who was a prominent abolitionist and editor of the anti-slavery newspaper "The Liberator"?

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• John Brown

What did the Personal Liberty Laws aim to do?

• Provide legal protection to escaped slaves.

• Create the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

• Establish a network of secret routes for escaped slaves.

• Settle the issue of slavery in territories acquired from Mexico.

Who was Anthony Burns?

• A) A former slave who led the resistance in the Christiana Riot of 1851.

• B) A former enslaved person and abolitionist who spoke at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society rally in 1854.

• C) A fugitive slave whose capture and trial in Boston became a major controversy.

• D) A leader of the Underground Railroad.

What significant event is William Parker known for?

• A) Speaking at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society rally in 1854.

• B) Leading the resistance in the Christiana Riot of 1851.

• C) Being a fugitive slave whose capture and trial in Boston became a major controversy.

• D) Writing a famous anti-slavery novel.