Pre–Civil War Quiz Review

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 do?

• Made California a free state

• Strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act

• Allowed Kansas to vote on slavery

• Banned slavery north of the 36°30' line

What did Nat Turner do in 1831?

• Wrote a book about slavery

• Led a slave rebellion in Virginia

• Escaped to the North

• Sued for his freedom

What happened after Nat Turner's rebellion?

• Southern states left the Union

• Enslaved people were freed

• Laws were passed banning Black education

• Slave owners were required to teach religion

Who was Frederick Douglass?

• A formerly enslaved person who spoke out against slavery

• A Confederate general

• A novelist

• A Civil War nurse

What was the impact of slave narratives?

• They had no impact

• They showed slavery as beneficial

• They supported Southern ideas

• They showed how cruel slavery was

Why were slave narratives important to the abolitionist movement?

• They explained how states could leave the Union

• They were used as military maps

• They showed the truth about slavery and gained support

• They defended slavery

Which book changed how many people in the North felt about slavery?

• Gone with the Wind

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Common Sense

• The Jungle

Which difference between the North and South helped cause tension before the Civil War?

• The North was mostly farming, while the South had cities

• The South wanted a strong federal government, while the North wanted states' rights

• The North depended on slave labor, while the South had a middle class

• The North had factories, while the South depended on farming

What was part of the Compromise of 1850?

• It ended the Civil War

• California became a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed

• All states used popular sovereignty

• Slavery ended in the South

Why was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 so controversial?

• It made slavery legal in all Northern states

• It forced enslaved people to go to Canada

• It denied trials and paid more money to return people to slavery

• It rewarded people for hiding enslaved people