AP Success - AP US History: John Brown's Raid & Civil War Prelude





Question 1

Multiple choice



  • To overthrow the federal government and establish a new nation.

  • To free the slaves and act according to his moral beliefs.

  • To gain personal wealth and power through the liberation of slaves.

  • To incite a nationwide slave rebellion that would topple the Southern economy.

Question 2

Multiple choice



  • Political ambitions and a desire for legislative reform.

  • Economic interests in disrupting the Southern plantation system.

  • Religious convictions and a sense of moral duty.

  • A strategic military objective to weaken the South before the Civil War.

Question 3

Multiple choice



  • Encouraging the Southern states to adopt immediate emancipation.

  • Demonstrating the willingness of some abolitionists to use violence.

  • Leading to a widespread slave uprising that the South had to suppress.

  • Proving that the South could peacefully resolve the issue of slavery.

Question 4

Multiple choice



  • Condemnation of the institution of slavery and the laws that supported it.

  • Support for the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act.

  • Acceptance of the legal status quo regarding slavery in the United States.

  • Belief in the economic benefits of slavery for the Southern states.

Question 5

Multiple choice



  • The widespread support for abolitionist violence in the antebellum North.

  • The common preference for legal reform over violent confrontation.

  • The effectiveness of pacifism in the abolitionist movement.

  • The role of individual sacrifice in the pursuit of social and political change.

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