Civil War Test
GRADED A+ (ACTUAL TEST ) Questions and Answers (Solved)
• How did Missouri's application as a slave state in 1810 challenge U.S. law?
Answer: States north of the Ohio River or the 36 30 line were to
be free states.
• In 1857 the Supreme Court came to what decision on the Dred Scott Case?-
Answer: That his stay in Wisconsin did not make him a free man
because the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, he was not a citizen, and he is property.
• Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared that
Answer: slaves in Confederate states were free
• A law that was passed by the Southern states that stated anyone aiding a slave escape will pay $1,000 dollar fine and 6 months in jail.
Answer: The Fugitive Slave Act
• The book Uncle Tom's Cabin made what impact in the North prior to the Civil War?
Answer: Turned people against slavery because the book told the
truth about slavery, and it fueled abolitionists
• The election of 1860 deeply divided the nation. What was an effect of Lincoln winning the election of 1860.
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