Question 1

The legislation that permitted each state to vote whether to be a free or slave state

Accepted Answer

The Compromise of 1850

Answer

The Missouri Compromise

Answer

The Dred Scott Decision

Answer

The Compromise of 1820

Question 2

Which military officer was elected to be president of the Confederacy in 1861?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Answer

Robert E. Lee

Answer

Thomas Jackson

Question 3

What group was the first to begin attacking the institution of slavery?

Accepted Answer

The Quakers

Answer

The Democrats

Answer

The Republicans

Answer

The Industrial Factory Owners

Question 4

The institution of slavery in the United States affected which of the following:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

The ethnic attitudes of Americans

Answer

The religious beliefs of Americans

Answer

The political attitudes of Americans

Question 5

Many industrial factory owners in New England states opposed slavery politically because:

Accepted Answer

They were legally required to pay poor immigrants and child laborers since slavery was illegal in the North

Answer

They were very religious and moral men and women who believed in paying workers fairly and squarely

Answer

They lived in integrated cities and towns with a multi-ethnic population that believed in equality and diversity

Answer

They sided with the Jeffersonian interpretation of the Constitution and the belief that all men are created equal

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