CP Causes of the Civil War Flashcard

How did the institution of slavery contribute to the tensions leading up to the Civil War?

The Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were both concerned with the issue of

Analyze the impact of Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 on the Southern states.

Describe the events known as "Bleeding Kansas."

Discuss the significance of the Dred Scott decision on the national debate over slavery.

What was Popular sovereignty?

The Free Soil Party wanted the west to be...

Which is NOT true of the Compromise of 1850? CA enters as free state, fugitive slave law was strengthened, fugitive slave law was weakened, The slave trade was abolished in Washington DC

Which is FALSE of the Republican Party during the 1850's? Against the spread of slavery, Formed in reaction to Kansas-Nebraska Act & Bleeding Kansas, Had many members who favored the plantation economy, Was a regional party (North and West)

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin spread the movement by describing the of slavery in the US.