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American Civil War: Antebellum Period

Quiz by Clayton Rosensteel

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  • Q1

    What book came out in 1852, that would dramatically change how northerners viewed slavery?

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    Heart of Darkness

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Great Expectations

    Pride and Prejudice

    30s
  • Q2

    What is the term to let people living in their own territory decide whether they want their state to be a free or slave state?

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    Succession 

    Emancipation

    Popular Sovereignty

    Self-aspiration

    30s
  • Q3

    Who would raid Harpers Ferry in response to "Bleeding Kansas"?

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    Ulysses S. Grant

    John Brown

    Jack Doyle

    Robert E. Lee

    30s
  • Q4

    What act required the slaves to be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state?

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    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Embargo Act

    Consfiscation Act

    Fugitive Slave Act

    30s
  • Q5

    What is Preston Smith Brooks best known for?

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    Leader of the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre.

    Creator of the cotton gin.

    Beating Senator Charles Sumner with his cane.

    Creating the Missouri Compromise in 1820.

    30s

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