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Which law was NOT included in the Compromise of 1850
a) California was admitted into the Union as a free state
b) People in New Mexico and Utah could vote on whether or not to allow slavery in their state
c) All slaves must be freed by their owners
d) The Fugitive Slave Act

Before the Civil War, the South was
a) Pro-slavery
b) Anti-Slavery
c) The Union
d) More populated than the North

What brought California into the U.S as a free state and passed the Fugitive Slave Act?
a) Missouri Compromise
b) Compromise of 1850
c) Kansas-Nebraska Act
d) Great Compromise

Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery
a) Of Mice and Men
b) Fugitives
c) Slave Codes
d) Uncle Tom's Cabin

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a) Dred Scott
b) John Brown
c) Harriet Tubman
d) Harriet Beecher Stowe

A person who wanted to end slavery was called
a) A Seccessionist
b) A Fugitive
c) An Abolitionist
d) A Southerner

This legislation resulted in Bleeding Kansas
a) Kansas Nebraska Act
b) Missouri Compromise
c) Kansas Law
d) Compromise of 1850

Law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves
a) Dred Scott Decision
b) Fugitive Slave Act
c) Kansas-Nebraska Act
d) Missouri Compromise

The idea that states should choose for themselves - especially on the idea of slavery
a) Secession
b) Abolition
c) Compromise
d) Popular Sovereignty

Violent attacks between anti and pro-slavery forces was known as
a) The American Revolution
b) Terrible Kentucky
c) Bleeding Kansas
d) The Antebellum South

What was John Brown's goal with his raid on Harper's Ferry?
a) Inspire a slave rebellion
b) Start the Civil War
c) Destroy the South's cotton fields
d) Take over the government

What does it mean to secede?
a) To join
b) To break away from
c) To steal or attack
d) To Control

What event resulted in the immediate secession of the South?
a) Bleeding Kansas
b) John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
c) Election of Abraham Lincoln (1860)
d) Compromise of 1850

What was the first battle of the Civil War?
a) Fort Ticonderoga
b) Lexington and Concord
c) Battle of Yorktown
d) Battle of Fort Sumter

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