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  • What was the goal of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry?
    to bring a compromise on the slavery issue
    to let the president know that slavery should be allowed
    to bring a war to the United States
    to have slaves rebel to end slavery
  • The Kansas -Nebraska Act made the Missouri Compromise no longer effective because
    it made all states slave
    it made all states free
    it made Missouri free
    it allowed slavery in Northern territories
  • The result of the Kansas - Nebraska Act was
    slavery was no longer an issue in Nebraska
    all new territories would be slave states
    all new territories would be free
    a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas
  • Lincoln believed
    All states will be slave
    All states will be free
    If divided, the United States would not survive
  • Did the Fugitive Slave Law fail because many enslaved people moved to Canada, and the Northerners did obey the law?
    True
    False
  • When Missouri applied to be a slave state if challenged the law
    because states north of the Ohio River should be slave
    it was west of the Mississippi
    because states north of the Ohio River should be free
    it wasn't big enough to be a state
  • In the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, slavery was banned
    in Northern states
    in Southern states
    in middle states
    in land we got from Mexico
  • After the election of Lincoln as president
    the nation was divided over slavery
    Lincoln banned slavery
    Lincoln was very popular
    Lincoln made all states free
  • In the Compromise of 1850, there was a law that people who escaped slavery had to be returned.
    True
    False
  • If there were more free states than slave states, the South
    would lose voting power
    would lose taxes
    would not be part of the US
  • The 36 30 parallel
    was the border between US and Mexico
    showed where slavery was allowed and not allowed
    showed where the US ended
    was the border between East and West
  • Who worked together to balance the interests of the North and South?
    Polk and Adams
    Dictionary and Mud
    Lincoln and Douglas
    Webster and Clay
  • House in the House Divided speech represented
    the free states
    the slave states
    the South
    the United States
  • How did the country start to know Lincoln?
    when he ran for governor
    when he wrote a book
    by the Lincoln-Douglas debates
  • What did the Dred Scott decision decide?
    African Americans were protected by the constitution
    African Americans cannot sue in federal court
    slavery should be banned
    slavery should be in every state
  • The Missouri Compromise temporarily ended the slavery debate.
    False
    True
  • Lincoln gave the House Divided speech
    during a campaign speech
    during the Lincoln-Douglas debates
    when he accepted the senatorial nomination
    when he became president
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin
    turned people against slavery
    made all states free
    turned more people towards slavery
    made Lincoln famous
  • What started the Civil War?
    the Lincoln - Douglas debates
    South Carolina shelling of Fort Sumter
    election of Lincoln
    raid at Harpers Ferry
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