The Crisis Deepens and The Election of Lincoln Quiz

When did the Fugitive Slave Act become a law?

• 1850

• 1855

• 1860

• 1865

Who did the Fugitive Slave Law support?

• Southern Slave Holders

• Northern Church Leaders

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Fredrick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

How did Southern people react to the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• They thought it showed how well enslaved people were in the south.

• They thought it was funny.

• They thought it was propaganda to push the anti-slavery movement.

• They were embarrassed about how they were portrayed.

Who was behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Daniel Webster

• Henry Clay

• Stephen Douglas

What is popular sovereignty?

• residents vote to decide on an issue

• residents take a survey to show support on an issue

• the government makes decisions on behalf of the residents of a state

• residents decide to relocate based on laws passed in their region

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act repeal?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The John Brown Act

• The Missouri Compromise

What happened in "Bleeding Kansas"?

• There was a massacre of politicians.

• A pro-slavery mob attacked anti-slavery homes, businesses and 50 people were killed.

• Enslaved people were given the chance to vote to decide their fate and people didn't like that.

• Kansas and Nebraska separated and people were upset and a fight broke out.

Who was John Brown?

• A pro-slavery militant

• An enslaver from Kansas

• An abolitionist who didn't believe in peaceful protest

• A farmer who helped on the underground railroad

Who was Dred Scott?

• A plantation owner from Missouri

• A banker from Wisconsin

• An enslaved man

• A Supreme Court Justice