AH Unit 4 Pt 2 Quiz

What is an indentured servant?

• A worker who was contracted to work for a certain amount of time (usually 5-7 years)

• A person who owns land and employs workers

• A slave who works without any contract

• A volunteer worker in a community service

What does sectionalism refer to?

• Identifying with the interests of one's region instead of the country as a whole

• Supporting the national government over regional interests

• Promoting international trade over local businesses

• Encouraging cultural diversity within a nation

What was the purpose of the 3/5ths Compromise?

• To count enslaved people as 3/5ths of a free person for representation and taxation.

• To grant full citizenship to enslaved people.

• To abolish slavery in the United States.

• To provide equal voting rights to all individuals.

What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• To abolish slavery in all states

• To maintain the balance of power in Congress

• To expand the United States westward

• To create new trade routes

What was the main goal of the Abolition Movement?

• To support slavery

• To abolish slavery

• To expand slavery

• To ignore slavery

Which of these was NOT one of the strategies used by abolitionists to fight against slavery?

• Encouraged a foreign invasion

• Sent petitions to Congress

• Encouraged resistance or running away

• Published Anti-slavery newspapers & pamphlets

Who are two examples of former slaves who told their stories as part of abolitionist strategies?

• Harriet Tubman & John Brown

• Frederick Douglass & Sojourner Truth

• Abraham Lincoln & Harriet Beecher Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison & Nat Turner

What was one of the strategies used by abolitionists to help people escape slavery?

• The Underground Railroad

• By starting a new colony in Africa

• By negotiating with slave owners for better conditions

• By creating educational programs for slaves

What was one of the consequences of Nat Turner's Rebellion regarding congressional actions?

• Introduction of congressional gag rules stopping debate on slavery.

• Expansion of voting rights for all citizens.

• Establishment of new trade routes.

• Increase in agricultural production.

What does the term "Popular Sovereignty" refer to in the context of the 1850s?

• A policy allowing states to secede from the Union

• A policy used to let people of new territories decide on slavery

• A policy enforcing slavery in all new territories

• A policy to abolish slavery in the southern states