Explore key events and ideologies leading to the American Civil War in the 'Diaz-Road to the Civil War' quiz. Dive into pivotal moments like the Dred Scott decision, the 1850 Compromise, and influential figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Assess your understanding of abolitionist movements and political acts shaping pre-war America.
A) "America has no right to take the lands west of the Louisiana Territory. Those lands are rightfully owned by Mexico and to enter into conflict with the Mexicans just to expand and take that land would violate the principles of this great nation."
"It is America's right to stretch from sea to shining sea. Not only do we have a responsibility to our citizens to gain valuable natural resources we also have a responsibility to civilize this beautiful land."
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Neither
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Cotton farming
Logging trees
Coal mining
Manufacturing of clothing
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Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
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The light bulb
The telegraph
The cotton gin
The plow
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Abraham Lincoln
John Breckenridge
James Buchanan
Stephen Douglas
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Stop slavery from spreading North
Free the slaves in the South
Keep the country from falling apart.
Overturn the Dred Scott decision
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John Brown
Frederick Douglass
Stephen Douglas
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Popular believers
Abolitionists
Sectionalists
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Drew an east-west line through the Louisiana Purchase, prohibiting slavery above that line, with the exception of Missouri
Was developed by Abraham Lincoln and abolished the slave trade in Missouri
Permitted slavery throughout the Northwest territory of the United States.
Outlawed slavery in the United States
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John Brown, Kansas
John Brown, Harpers Ferry
Frederick Douglass, Harpers Ferry
Harriet Tubman, Washington D.C.
John Brown, Nebraska
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1850 Compromise, Slave state
Missouri Compromise, Free State
1850 Compromise, Free State
Missouri Compromise, Slave state
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Immigrants who opposed slavery did not settle in the South
The South needed slave labor to work in their manufacturing economy.
The South needed slaves to work in the mostly agricultural economy.
Enslaved Africans were well suited to work in the South's weather climate.
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Fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces
Attacks on job-seeking Irish immigrants
Conflict between cattle ranchers and farmers
Reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Dred Scott
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Fight to end slavery once and for all
Allow the south to secede from the Union and maintain the peace
To unite as one country and work towards a country that would treat all Americans equally.
Ignore the issue of slavery and wait until it goes away
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It settled the debate for more than 30 years
It divided the country over slavery even more
It convinced the North to secede from the Union
It caused the president to impeach the chief justice
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Pleased Southerners
Rule that African-Americans were not Citizens of the United States
Ruled that slavery was legal wherever a slaveowner took his slaves.
Freed Dred Scott
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Popular Sovereignty
Underground Railroad
Fugitive Slave laws
Personal liberty laws
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Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
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Stephen Douglas
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
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Charles Summner
Frederick Douglass
John Bell
John Brown
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The Dred Scott decision
Compromise of 1850
Kansas - Nebraska Act
Lincoln - Douglas debates
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Bleeding Kansas
1860 election
Harper's Ferry Raid
1850 Compromise
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Most northerners believed that slavery was morally wrong, but some did not care about the issue.
Most northerners wanted to abolish slavery, but a few were supporters of equal rights for blacks.
Most northerners were sympathetic to slavery, but bankers, mill owners, and merchants were abolitionists.
Most northerners did not care if slavery was abolished, but a few were strong supporters of slavery and a few were strong opponents of slavery.
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The Underground Railroad was a very successful tool to free slaves
Southern whites recruited slaves to fight for the Confederacy.
Abolitionists, both black and white, wanted to free the slaves.
White Southerners were afraid that their slaves would escape to the Union army.
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Popular sovereingty
Abolish slavery
Wait for it to fade naturally
War or another form of violence
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The Underground Railroad
The Dred Scott Decision
The Missouri Compromise
The 1850 Compromise
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John Brown
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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John Brown
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
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The admission of California as a free state
The passage of a strict fugitive slave act
The end of slave trade in Washington D.C.
Allowing popular sovereignty in the new territories
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John Brown
Frederick Douglass
John Breckenridge
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
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