1.why did john brown's raid on harpers ferry fail?
a. few escape routes were available to brown's men during the attack.
b. few americans would join a rebellion organized by brown.
c. brown lacked the military skill necessary to lead such an attack.
d. brown was killed early in the fight and his men lost courage.

2. why did the publication of uncle tom's cabin infuriate people in the south?
a. it portrayed slaves using violence to escape.
b. it showed that some abolitionists violated the law.
c. it advocated abolishing slavery.
d. it showed that some slave owners were cruel.

3. which of the following is true about the fugitive slave act adopted in 1850?
a. it applied only to southern states.
b. it applied only to northern states.
c. it required private citizens to runaway slaves escape.
d. it required private citizens to apprehend runaway slaves.

4. why did dred scott sue his master for his freedom?
a. he was hoping to have slavery abolished in the south.
b. he was taken to the free state of illinois and lived there for many years.
c. he had escaped to a free state and wanted to secure his freedom.

5.who suggested that the south should secede from the union if an agreement could not be reached on slavery?
a. zachary taylor
b. john calhoun
c. stephen douglas
d. daniel webster

6.why did crittenden's compromise fail?
a. northern states did not want to allow southern states an opportunity to rejoin the union without punishment.
b. lincoln convinced senators to vote against the compromise.
c. southern states did not support crittenden's suggestions.
d. democrats refused to vote for the compromise.

7. use the quotation to answer the question.
"[t]he maintenance . . of the rights of the states, and especially the right of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment [alone], is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend. . "
-abraham lincoln, 1st inaugural address, march 4, 1861
what is the "domestic institution" that lincoln refers to in his inaugural address?
a. the civil war
b. the attack on fort sumner
c. secession from the union
d. slavery

8. use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the questions.
"we are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only, not ceased, but has constantly augmented. in my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed. 'a house divided against itself cannot stand.' i believe this government cannnot endure, permanently half slave and half free. i do not expect the union to be dissolved-i do not expect the house to fall-but i do expect it will cease to be divided. it will become all one thing, or all the other."
-abraham lincoln, 1858
to what did abraham lincoln refer when he said, "a house divided against itself cannot stand"?
a. the union would be dissolved over the issue of slavery.
b. slavery unite states in the union.
c. compromise would continue to keep the issue of slavery at bay.
d. the union could not continue with both free states and slave states.

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