Civil War Review

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life in the North?

• Large mills and factories

• Powerful people owned large plantations

• Towns had become busy cities

• People worked in industry, business, and shipping

Which of the following happened under the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri was admitted as a slave state.

• Maine was admitted as a free state.

• Slavery wouldn’t be allowed north of the Missouri border.

• All of the above

What was the first state to outlaw slavery?

• New York

• North Carolina

• New Jersey

• Vermont

The lives and characteristics of different classes of people were the same.

• True

• False

Which social class typically owned twenty or more slaves and got their wealth from the cultivation (growing) and sale of cash crops such as cotton and rice?

• The lower class

• Independent farmers

• The elite

• Free African Americans

Which types of people were abolitionists?

• Young

• Men

• White

• All of the above

How did Harriet Beecher Stowe contribute to the abolitionist movement?

• She published an anti-slavery newspaper.

• She wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

• She lectured about slavery and women's rights.

• She founded the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Which group of people did NOT start the Underground Railroad?

• Enslaved people

• White abolitionists

• Plantation owners

• Free African Americans

All abolitionists wanted change to happen peacefully.

• True

• False

Who was a freed slave who gave speeches to large audiences about slavery and women’s rights?

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Sarah Grimké

• Harriet Beecher Stowe