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WorksheetsJohn Brown: Murderer or Martyr
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many children did John Brown have?
a)
5
b)
10
c)
15
d)
20
2.
Why did Brown move his family to Kansas?
a)
Good farmland
b)
To support them in the fight against slavery
c)
to go to KU
d)
to fight the South
3.
What was Brown's penalty for his attack on Harper's Ferry?
a)
Jail time
b)
he was hanged
c)
no penalty
d)
nothing
4.
Who Was John Brown?
a)
An avid abolitionist
b)
President of the United States of America
c)
A rich slave owner
d)
A southern democrat
5.
What is an abolitionist?
a)
A person against slavery
b)
A person who is a slave
c)
A person for slavery
d)
A person who owns slaves
6.
What was John Brown's goal at Harpers Ferry?
a)
to capture the US arsenal
b)
to burn down the town
c)
to kill lots of people
d)
to live there
7.
Who came to stop John Brown?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Ambrose Burnside
8.
Where was John Brown targeting?
a)
Salem, NC
b)
Boonsboro, MD
c)
Washington D.C.
d)
Harpers Ferry, VA
9.
What is treason?
a)
going against the government
b)
killing someone
c)
stealing from your neighbor
d)
when someone dies in battle
10.
Name given to anti-slavery fighters
a)
Jayhawker
b)
Bushwhacker
c)
Border Ruffians
11.
Name given to pro-slavery fighters
a)
Jayhawker
b)
Bushwhacker
c)
Border Ruffians
12.
What senator wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
John Calhoun
13.
People from Missouri that crossed over to Kansas were called
a)
Abolitionists
b)
Scaliwags
c)
Border Rufians
d)
State Ditchers
14.
Who was the leader in killing five pro slavery setllers?
a)
John Brown
b)
Henry Clay
c)
John Black
d)
John Maroon
15.
True or False, the Civil War was still decades away at the time of Bleeding Kansas
a)
True
b)
False
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