African American Resistance / Missouri Compromise
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- Q1
All of these are forms of passive resistance except
working slowly
Pretending to be ill
Breaking tools
Escaping
30s - Q2
Nat Turner saw what as a sign from heaven to start his rebellion
A meteor shower
Solar eclipse
A blue moon
The north star
30s - Q3
When was Nat Turner arrested?
11 November 1831
06 June 1844
12 September 1831
16 August 1835
30s - Q4
Which of the following was the most common form of resistance used by enslaved African Americans in the Antebellum South?
Seeking legal emancipation
Running away or attempting to escape to freedom
Violent uprisings
Peaceful protests
30s - Q5
Who was the famous African American abolitionist and former enslaved person who published his autobiography 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave'?
Sojourner Truth
Booker T. Washington
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
30s - Q6
What was the name of the Supreme Court case that ruled African Americans were not citizens and had no rights under the Constitution?
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
30s - Q7
Which legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance between slave and free states?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Missouri Compromise
30s - Q8
What was the name of the famous African American slave who led a rebellion in Virginia in 1831?
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
30s - Q9
Which of the following statements is true about the Missouri Compromise?
It declared that no new states could be admitted to the Union.
It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance between free and slave states.
It abolished slavery in all states.
It allowed slavery in all territories.
30s - Q10
Which of the following was a form of African American resistance in the Antebellum South?
Peaceful protests
Escape & the Underground Railroad
Petition for citizenship and voting rights
Economic integration
30s - Q11
What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise on the institution of slavery in the United States?
It expanded slavery into new territories
It temporarily maintained the balance between free and slave states
It abolished slavery in all states
It immediately caused the Civil War
30s - Q12
Which state was admitted to the United States as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?
Louisiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Maine
30s - Q13
Why was the Arkansas Territory open to slavery?
The Missouri Compromise
It was agreed upon in The Indian Removal Act
It was one of the terms of the Lousiana Purchase
Territories had the freedom to choose, and the Arkansas assembly approved it.
30s - Q14
In what year was Main admitted as a free state?
1850
1820
1840
1830
30s - Q15
How many free and slave states (NOT TERRITORIES) were there in 1821 as a result of the Missouri Compromise
12 slave states and 12 free states
13 slave states and 11 free states
10 slave states and 14 free states
8 slave states and 18 free states
30s