Civil War Key People Question Preview (ID: 25866)


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Group of pro-slavery people who went to Kansas to encourage people to vote for slavery.
a) Border Ruffians
b) Slaves
c) Fugitives
d) John Brown

Illinois Senator who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act
a) Dred Scott
b) Stephen Douglas
c) Abraham Lincoln
d) Jefferson Davis

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
a) Frederick Davis
b) Stephen Douglas
c) Harriet Beacher Stowe
d) Dred Scott

The President of the Confederacy
a) John Brown
b) Stephen Douglas
c) Dred Scott
d) Jefferson Davis

Abolitionist who led a raid on the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, VA
a) John Brown
b) Harriet Beecher Stowe
c) Dred Scott
d) Frederick Douglass

President 1861-1865. Known for the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address.
a) Jefferson Davis
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) Stephen Douglass
d) John Brown

A slave who filed a lawsuit for his freedom
a) Dred Scott
b) Frederick Douglass
c) Jefferson Davis
d) Border Ruffians

A former slave and abolitionist who published The North Star
a) Dred Scott
b) Frederick Douglass
c) Harriet Beecher Stowe
d) John Brown

His main goal was to preserve the Union
a) Abraham LIncoln
b) Stephen Douglass
c) Dred Scott
d) Frederick Douglass

Used violence to encourage people to vote for slavery
a) Jefferson Davis
b) Harriet Beecher Stowe
c) Dred Scott
d) Border Ruffians

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