Ch. 17 Slavery Becomes a National Issue

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 received the most support from Southern Plantation owners?

• the admission of California to the Union as a free state

• the use of popular sovereignty to determine the issue of slavery in new territories

• the passage of a strict fugitive slave law

• the end of slave trade in Washington, D.C.

Why was the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 significant in the road to the Civil War?

• The South showed their willingness to go to war to protect slavery.

• Abolitionists showed their willingness to use force to end slavery

• Slaves now had weapons to help them fight for their freedom.

• The raid further divided the North and South.

Which statement best summarizes the influence of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Northerners against slaves.

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners against slavery.

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Northerners against slavery.

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners against slaves.

What was the North's belief about Federal and State power?

• federal government has right to decide

• federal government's power is supreme over the states

• each individual state has the right to decide

• states have power to nullify federal law

How did the North's beliefs apply to slavery?

• federal government has a right to decide

• states have power to nullify federal laws.

What was the South's belief about Federal and State power?

• federal government's power is supreme over the states

• states have power to nullify federal laws

How did the South's beliefs apply to slavery?

• federal government has right to decide

• each individual state has the right to decide

Who led a raid on a government weapons storehouse in Harpers Ferry in 1859?

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• John Brown

The Kansas- Nebraska Act was based on the idea of _________________.

• sates' rights

• popular sovereignty

• nullification

The Kansas Nebraska Act led to __________ between people who wanted slavery and people who did not.

• agreement

• fighting