The Abolitionist Movement and the Road to the Civil War
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Who was the author of the book 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' which depicted the harsh reality of slavery in the United States?

  • Sojourner Truth
  • Nat Turner
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe (correct)
  • Which event in 1856 involved the physical assault of Senator Charles Sumner by Representative Preston Brooks, highlighting the growing tensions between the North and South?

  • Nullification Crisis
  • Brooks/Sumner caning (correct)
  • Crittenden Compromise
  • Gag rule
  • Which political party, founded in 1854, opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States?

  • Democratic Party
  • Free Soil Party (correct)
  • Republican Party
  • Whig Party
  • Which Supreme Court case in 1857 ruled that enslaved individuals were property and could not sue for their freedom?

    <p>Dred Scott v. Sandford</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the belief that the United States was destined to expand its territory from coast to coast?

    <p>Manifest Destiny</p> Signup and view all the answers

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