Key Events Leading to the Civil War

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This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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This person led a raid at Harper's Ferry, VA in an attempt to rob the armory and steal weapons to fight against slavery.

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John Brown

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

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Bleeding Kansas

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The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

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prohibited, permitted or allowed

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What Claim Did Dred Scott Sue With?

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Since He Had Once Lived In An Anti-Slavery Area He Would Always Be Free

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What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

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That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.

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The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

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settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

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What caused Southern States to secede from the Union? Options: The Election of Lincoln in 1860, The Dred Scott Decision, Harper's Ferry, Bleeding Kansas

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The Election of Lincoln in 1860

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Which law allowed slave holders to gain access to the north to retrieve their runaway slaves? Options: Fugitive Immigrant Law, Runaway Slave Clause, Fugitive Slave Law, Property Abandonment Clause

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Fugitive Slave Law

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WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO THE COMPROMISE OF 1820: MAINE WAS A FREE STATE, MISSOURI WAS A SLAVE STATE, CALIFORNIA WAS A SLAVE STATE, NO SLAVERY ABOVE 36 30 LINE

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CALIFORNIA WAS A SLAVE STATE