Abolishing Slavery
The network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people was the _____.
Underground Railroad
What parts of the Compromise of 1850 would southern states disagree with?
California is admitted as a free state; the slave trade is not allowed in Washington DC
The Dred Scott decision on the issue of slavery upheld the Southern viewpoint that _____.
Congress could not pass a law requiring landowners to free their slaves
Prior to the Civil War, slaves who were freed and remained in the South faced which of these problems?
their personal rights were highly restricted
Which of the following was most likely the main reason that most Northerners were opposed to the new Fugitive Slave Act created by the Compromise of 1850?
they did not like the act since it required them to recapture slaves who had run away to the North
Which statement describes the situation for free blacks throughout the South and in certain jurisdictions in the North?
they were legally banned from voting
What happened to free blacks accused by slave catchers of being escaped slaves?
they were unable to defend themselves in court
What is one reason that white mobs attacked blacks in Northern cities in the 1800s?
whites in the North feared competition for their jobs
What was the significance of the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858?
Abraham Lincoln became well-known, which helped him win the presidency in 1860
Who was a former enslaved person who became famous for writing and speaking for the abolitionist movement?
Frederick Douglass
Who was an Underground Railroad conductor?
Harriet Tubman
Since there was limited work for free African Americans in both the North and the South, where did many freed slaves end up working?
working on the same farms where they had been slaves
Which factor limited the economic opportunities of emancipated African Americans?
a lack of education
The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) helped to increase conflict because the decision _____.
denied Congress the power to regulate
Sectional differences developed in the United States largely because_____.
economic conditions and interests in each region varied
Free African Americans in the North encountered which of these problems?
employment discrimination
The main goal of abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison was to _____.
end slavery immediately
The Dred Scott decision _____.
established that slaves and their descendants should be considered property; not human beings with rights
How did the ruling on the Dred Scott case affect the slavery debate?
it angered members of the anti-slavery movement
What was the significance of the Compromise of 1850?
it attempted to lesson the divisions between North and South
The Kansas-Nebraska Act did all of the following, except what?
it required all African Americans to move the South
How did the ruling on the Dred Scott case affect the slavery debate?
it showed that anti-slavery forces would not be supported by the Constitution or the Supreme Court
How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the United States?
it stated that people had the power to decide whether to permit slavery
Harriet Tubman was a _____.
leader of the Underground Railroad
Free African Americans in the North encountered which of the following challenges?
mob violence in churches and neighborhoods
The Black Laws of Ohio required every free black to pay a $500 bond. This law made it _____.
more difficult for free blacks to enter Ohio
Which controversial concept was the foundation of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
popular sovereignty
What parts of the Compromise of 1850 would northern states disagree with?
popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico concerning the question of slavery; the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Law
Which action did abolitionist John Brown take to support the abolitionist movement?
raiding a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Most abolitionists believed that _____.
slavery was morally wrong
The decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford said _____.
slaves are property and have no legal rights
In the 1850s, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?
the Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in the United States and Canada had always been a destination of the Underground Railroad
