Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

Multiple Choice

True or False: The biggest issue that divided the North and the South prior to the Civil War was slavery.

• false

• true

Multiple Choice

True or False: Based on what you've learned about the MO. Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 violates that agreement.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The ______________________ officially overturned the MO Compromise because the territories in question where part of the LA. Purchase.

• The compromise of 1850

• The Kansas Nebraska Act

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Garston Purchase

Multiple Choice

Which of the following accurately describes the Bleeding of Kansas?

• An outbreak of peaceful protest in an attempt to stop the spread of slavery

• An outbreak of peaceful protest to encourage the expansion of slavery

• An outbreak of violence between anti-slavery and pro-slavery activist

• A decrease in federal funding to the Kansas-Nebraska region

Fill in the Blank

In the Dred Scott case, the SCOTUS ruled that Scott could not sue for his freedom because slaves are not __________.

Multiple Choice

The Dred Scott case increased the sectional tension between the North and South.

• False

• Ture