Reference no: EM133328029

1. The Grimke sisters are MOST known for:

a. their militant abolitionism

b. their tireless promotion of women's suffrage

c. their efforts to expand economic opportunities for women

d. their labor activism at Lowell Mills in Massachusetts

2. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 called for:

a. the admission of Missouri as a slave state

b. the organization of New Mexico and Utah territories

c. the banning of slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico

d. tougher fugitive slave laws

3. Filibusters like John Quitman and William Walker were most often attempting to:

a. encourage outmigration from the United States

b. block the passage of anti-slavery legislation

c. promote industrialization over agrarianism

d. assist in the nation's territorial expansion

4. In Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court decided that:

a. Congress did not have the authority to ban slavery in the nation's territories

b. Dred Scott could not be held in captivity on free soil

c. even slaves had the right to sue in federal court

d. like other citizens, ex-slaves must be given the right to vote

5. The Fugitive Slave Act was an outgrowth of the:

a. Compromise of 1850

b. Missouri Compromise

c. Emancipation Proclamation

d. Northwest Ordinance