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The Coming of the Civil War
Multiple Choice Quiz #2

This quiz reviews some of the topics in this chapter. The answer choices are randomized, so the quiz will be different every time you take it. For each question, select the button next to the answer you believe is correct. When you are done, click “Submit for Grade” in order to see how well you did.

1 .       Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" aroused northern outrage over the implications of the [Hint]



2 .       In the 1850s, Senator Stephen Douglas became the national spokesman for [Hint]



3 .       To decide the fate of slavery in the territories, Stephen Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska bill applied the same concept that had been used in the [Hint]



4 .       The concept of popular sovereignty caused problems when it was applied in Kansas because it [Hint]



5 .       It was NOT true that President Buchanan [Hint]



6 .       In the Dred Scott decision the Supreme Court did NOT rule that [Hint]



7 .       When he ran for the U.S. Senate from Illinois in 1858, Abraham Lincoln was generally considered _____ on the slavery issue. [Hint]



8 .       When he raided Harpers Ferry, John Brown apparently hoped to [Hint]



9 .       The proposed Crittenden Comprise would have [Hint]



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