Quizizz Review - Mod 17/18 (The Civil War and its Causes)

Which U.S. Senator from Kentucky is known for the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850, attempting to settle the debate over slavery in the country?

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Stephen A. Douglas

Who was the escaped slave who became a powerful orator and writer, advocating for abolition and equality through speeches and an autobiography?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• Sojourner Truth

Who is the author of the widely read and influential anti-slavery novel 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin,' which stirred public opinion against slavery?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

Who was the courageous 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad, leading numerous enslaved people to freedom in the North?

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

Who was the controversial abolitionist who believed violence was necessary to end slavery and led the raid on Harpers Ferry?

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

Who was the compelling speaker and former slave who championed abolition and women’s rights, known for her 'Ain’t I a Woman?' speech?

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Clara Barton

• Molly Pitcher

Who was the prominent abolitionist who founded the American Anti-Slavery Society and the anti-slavery newspaper 'The Liberator'?

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• John Brown

Which was the first state to formally secede from the United States?

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Georgia

• Texas

Which aspect of the Compromise of 1850 was the most controversial, angering Abolitionists in the North?

• The admission of California as a free state

• The abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• The enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act

• Popular Sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico

Finish the following statement describing the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dred Scott case regarding the citizenship of African Americans. African Americans, whether slave or free, were ________ and ________ file suit in federal court.

• not citizens; could not

• citizens; could

• not citizens; could

• citizens; could not