Author Question: Know-Nothings were called that because they pretended to know nothing when asked: A) where a ... (Read 24 times)

mrsjacobs44 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

John Brown raided the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in order to:

A) make a statement for slavery.
B) provide arms for a general slave uprising.
C) seize arms for the fighting in Kansas.
D) arm slave owners against a slave revolt.

Question 2

The Election of 1856 was:

A) two separate contests for the North and South.
B) a return to power of the Whig Party.
C) a victory for Fillmore.
D) a setback for Democrats.

Question 3

The Dred Scott decision held that:

A) blacksslave or freewere not citizens and could not sue in a court of law.
B) slaves were citizens but could not sue in a court of law.
C) only free blacks had legal rights.
D) the Kansas-Nebraska Act was unconstitutional.

Question 4

Know-Nothings were called that because they pretended to know nothing when asked:

A) where a fugitive slave might be hidden.
B) how rifles got to Kansas as BOOKS.
C) whether slavery should extend to the territories.
D) about their party's beliefs.