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chapter 15 quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

political differences- north

a)

supported federal governments- power over the state

b)

supported the state rights over the government

c)

Supported the State rights over the National Government.

d)

cotton production increased.

2.

effects of the cotton gin.

a)

less slaves were needed

b)

cotton production decreased

c)

increased demand for slave labor.

d)

people were not allowed to own bears

3.

slave codes

a)

a doctrine that showed how many slaves lived in the area.

b)

laws that controlled the lives of slaves

c)

codes to listen to music on spotify.

d)

slaves protested for missouri to be a free state.

4.

underground railroad

a)

a railroad where people gathered to discuss the war.

b)

slave trade was ended in washington P.C.

c)

a network of anti-slavery people who helped slaves move from south to north.

d)

a railroad that was dug for people to run away from home.

5.

missouri compromise- by henry clay

a)

a compromise requiring all citizens to capture runaway slaves for money.

b)

missouri was going to be added as a free state if the south gave up its claim to Texas.

c)

north would be slave states and south would be free states governed by uncle tom.

d)

a line was drawn along the southern border of missouri. South of the line would be slave states; North of the line would be free states.

6.

compromise of 1850

a)

california would be added as a free state.

b)

Missouri became a free state.

c)

Fugitive slave laws were vetoed.

d)

people in nebraska voted to be part of the slave states.

7.

fugitive slave laws

a)

required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves.

b)

a law used to expose the truth behind slavery.

c)

loyalty to a state rather than to a nation.

d)

a law passed where congress decided slaves were property.

8.

uncle tom's cabin

a)

a code name from camp houses for runaway slaves

b)

a cabin where people from the underground railroad met.

c)

loyalty towards one country.

d)

 written by harriet beecher stowe.  this novel exposed the evil’s of slavery and the fugitive slave law

9.

political differences- south

a)

none of the above

b)

Supported the rights of the Federal Government over the states

c)

supported state rights over the federal government.

d)

cotton production decreased

10.

frederick douglas

a)

a black abolitionist. he taught himself to read and write before he escaped the north. he became editor of an abolitionist newspaper.

b)

none of the above

c)

an abolitionist who was brought in from the caribbean who was taught to read and write by harriet tubman and became the underground railroad conductor.

d)

an abolitionist who wanted to use congress to get people in the south to become free slave states.