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History
Causes of the Civil War - Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Before the Civil War, which group most actively supported and assisted the Underground Railroad? | Abolitionists |
| Lincoln's statement, "A house divided against itself cannot stand", referred to the conflict between: | the north and the south |
| The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin helped to: | change many peoples attitudes concerning slavery |
| The invention of the cotton gin cause the need for slavery to: | increase |
| The Missouri Compromise: | maintained the balance of free and slave states in the US |
| In the Compromise of 1850 , the South's main concession to the North was the provision concerning: | the admission of California |
| Even Southerners who did not own slaves defended slavery because: | they thought that slavery was needed for the Southern economy to survive |
| Violence erupted in Kansas as a direct result of the: | Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 |
| In the Compromise of 1850, popular sovereignty would decide salvery in: | New Mexico |
| The Underground Railroad helped free slaves by: | setting up hiding places and routes to reach the North and Canada |
| The Dred Scott decision angered northerners becuase it: | allowed slavery in all the territories |
| According to the Fugitive Slave Act: | escaped/runaway slaved must be returned |
| Popular Sovereignty means: | voters in each territory would decide the slavery question |
| Which of the following statements about Uncle Tom's Cabin in NOT true? | It was based on the author's eyewitness view of slavery |
| What opinion did Abraham Lincoln state in the Lincoln-Douglas debate? | slavery should be limited to the states where it already exists |
| During the first half of the 19th century, the abolition movement worked to: | end slavery |
| The emotional impace of slavery erupted in Congress when: | Senator Charles Sumner was beaten by Rep. Preston Brooks of South Carolina with a cane |
| The South believed they needed slavery because: | cotton growing required a large supply of labor |
| The election of Abra ham in 1860 immediately led to the: | session of South Carolina |
| In the 1850's, the phrase "Bleeding Kansas" was used to describe clashes between: | Proslavery & anti-slavery groups |
| Which litery work exposed the evils of slavery and was called propaganda by the South? | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| The abolitionist was excuted as a result of an unseccessful raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry. | John Brown |
| The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to: | settle disputes over the spread of slavery in the west |
| The Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Dred Scott was an important decision because it stated that: | Slaves were property, not citizens |
| Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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