Chapter 11, Section 3 Quiz

1. True or False. Abraham Lincoln was an extreme abolitionist.

2. What was John Brown's purpose in attacking Harper's Ferry?
a) to kill white slave owners
b) to take over Virginia
c) to get the attention of lawmakers
d) to establish an independent regime/society in the mountains and liberate slaves

3. True or False. In general, Americans condemned the actions of John Brown at Harper's Ferry.

4. The confederacy refers to:
a) the southern states that chose to secede
b) a group of Fire-eaters that planned to assassinate Lincolnd
c) the states in the South that did not secede

5. The president of the United States beginning in 1860 (inauguration in 1861) was

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Bonus (extra credit)
6. What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case?