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Antebellum America
Test Description: Events leading to the Civil War
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following events occurred first?
A
Dred Scott vs Sanford Supreme Court Decision
B
Fugitive Slave Act
C
Missouri Compromise
D
Election of 1860
2) Which event created a line of latitude that would determine if a state in that area had a slave or free status?
A
Dred Scott vs Sanford
B
Nullification Crisis
C
Missouri Compromise
D
Compromise of 1850
3) The Nullification Crisis was about ___________________.
A
suffrage
B
slavery.
C
the balance of slave and free states
D
state's rights, specifically about tariffs
4) Abraham Lincoln was the first president of this newly formed political party.
A
Federalist
B
Whig
C
Democrat
D
Republican
5) This event allowed southern slave owners to look for their escaped slaves.
A
Fugitive Slave Act
B
Missouri Compromise
C
Nullification Crisis
D
Election of 1860
6) In the Dred Scott vs Sanford supreme court decision what did the supreme court say?
A
That all African-Americans in the US are free and have voting rights.
B
Slaves should be sent to another country.
C
Slaves are property and property owners can take their property anywhere.
D
Slaves are free and should be citizens in free territory.
7) What was the name of the group of people that fought to end slavery?
A
Abolitionists
B
Libertarians
C
Democrats
D
Sectionalists
8) The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin did which of the following?
A
Explained to slaves how they can escape.
B
Exposed how horrible slavery is.
C
Taught others how to be a slave owner.
D
Showed how economical it is to own slaves.
9) The final event that caused South Carolina to secede from the United States was_____________.
A
the Nullification Crisis
B
the Missouri Compromise
C
the Election of 1860
D
the Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision
10) The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed voters to decide on their free / slave status as a state. This is known as what principle of the Constitution?
A
Checks and Balances
B
Republicanism
C
Limited Government
D
Popular Sovereignty
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