The Division of the People

Uncle Tom's Cabin sold three hundred thousand copies by the end of 1852 and was banned in the South. How did world markets respond to the book? Select all correct answers.

It was translated into many languages. It was a best seller in Russia. It was a best seller in England. Plays and perfomances were made of the book.

___was a fervent abolitionist who attacked proslavery families in Kansas.

John Brown

Which statement is not true of John Brown's raid?

John Brown became a martyr for most Southerners.

What statement best describes the position of most Northerners toward slavery?

Some states passed personal liberty laws for runaway slaves.

What best defines the Freeport Doctrine?

Stephen Douglas' position that slavery could be excluded from a territory if officials did not pass laws to protect it.

Why did John Brown attack the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in Virginia?

The arsenal provided additional ammunition for raids in Kansas.

What effect did Stowe's stories of little Eva, Uncle Tom, and Simon Legree have upon the slavery issue?

The stories became a wedge of division between the North and South over the issue of slavery.

Why were many Northerners upset with the Compromise of 1850?

They disliked the adoption of a strict fugitive slave law.

Complete the following: Abraham Lincoln's position in the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 was that he claimed that a divided nation could not stand. His view was that the nation would _____.

eventually be either completely free or completely slave holding.

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a best seller, Uncle Tom's Cabin, that southerners found

wrongly stereotyping them with a biased viewpoint.