Abolitionist Movement and Slavery Concepts

Slavery was most common​ (a)   .

• on Southern plantations
• in Northern factories

As time went on, many people in the North wanted to​ (a)   slavery.

• abolish
• profit from

The growth of​ (a)   on a massive scale was not possible without the institution of slavery.

• cash crops
• factories

What was the goal of the abolitionist movement?

• to end slavery in the United States

• to give enslaved people the right to vote

• to help Southerners catch enslaved people who had escaped

• to allow slavery to spread into new U.S, territories

Northern and Southern states were​ (a)   in the Senate.

• evenly balanced
• unbalanced

Northern and Southern states worried ​ (a)   would upset the Senate vote.

• new states
• freed enslaved people

What did slave codes do? (choose 2)

• made it illegal for enslaved people to meet together

• made it illegal to force enslaved people to do more work

• made it illegal for enslaved people to be taken to western states

• made it illegal to teach enslaved people to read and write

In what area was slavery prohibited by the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• area A

• area B

• area C

• area D

What part of the Compromise of 1850 made Northerners very angry?

• the end of slave trade in Washington

• a new strict fugitive slave law

• the admission of California to the Union as a free state

• a vote to decide if slavery was allowed in New Mexico

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was based in the idea of ​ (a)   .

• popular sovereignty
• right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness