Match each definition with the correct term.

Question

Column A
1.
senator from Illinois who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854:
2.
senator who proposed the Compromise of 1850:
3.
wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, causing many whites to question slavery:
4.
abolitionist who planned for a slave revolt
5.
responsible for leading slaves to freedom from the South
6.
as president, he did nothing as states seceded from the Union
7.
senator from Mississippi who was elected president of the Confederacy
8.
wrote the decision that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories
9.
senator who declared the South would not give up its liberty to save the union during a debate in 1850
10.
sued for his freedom, leading to a Supreme Court decision that declared slaves were property and they could be taken into any free U.S. territory

Column B
a.Stephen Douglas
b.John C. Calhoun
c.John Brown
d.Harriet Tubman
e.Henry Clay
f.Jefferson Davis
g.Roger Taney
h.Dred Scott
i.Harriet Beecher Stowe
j.James Buchanan

Answer 1

Here are the correct matches for the definitions provided:

1. senator from Illinois who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854: a. Stephen Douglas
2. senator who proposed the Compromise of 1850: e. Henry Clay
3. wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, causing many whites to question slavery: i. Harriet Beecher Stowe
4. abolitionist who planned for a slave revolt: c. John Brown
5. responsible for leading slaves to freedom from the South: d. Harriet Tubman
6. as president, he did nothing as states seceded from the Union: j. James Buchanan
7. senator from Mississippi who was elected president of the Confederacy: f. Jefferson Davis
8. wrote the decision that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories: g. Roger Taney
9. senator who declared the South would not give up its liberty to save the union during a debate in 1850: b. John C. Calhoun
10. sued for his freedom, leading to a Supreme Court decision that declared slaves were property and they could be taken into any free U.S. territory: h. Dred Scott