SECTIONALISM AND REFORM REVIEW

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin encouraged —

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organized resistance to slavery

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William Lloyd Garrison advanced the abolitionist movement by —

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publishing an anti-slavery newspaper

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Which of the following is an example of civil disobedience against the practice of slavery? Nullification Act, Boston Tea Party, Great Awakening, Underground Railroad

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Underground Railroad

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How did Henry David Thoreau demonstrate his belief in civil disobedience?

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He refused to pay taxes in protest against the Mexican War.

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Which of the following best summarizes the Compromise of 1850?

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Slavery was to be allowed in Texas but NOT California.

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Why was slavery nearly nonexistent in the Northern states by the time that the Civil War began?

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The industrial economies of the Northern states was not suited to slave labor.

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Using the poster above, why would free blacks in Boston be afraid?

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They could be kidnapped as slaves.

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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 gave the government the financial and physical responsibility of capturing and returning slaves to their owners.

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capturing and returning slaves to their owners.

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In the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, the United States Supreme Court decided that —

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slaves were not American citizens and had no rights.

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The poster above reflects opposition to federal enactment of the —

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Fugitive Slave Law