Causes of the Civil War Part 1: 1820-1857

Causes of the Civil War Part 1: 1820-1857

Multiple Select

Select the THREE provisions of the Missouri Compromise.

• Missouri entered as a slave state.

• Maine entered as a free state.

• California entered as a free state.

• The remaining Louisiana Territory was divided into free/slave areas by the 36-30 line.

Multiple Choice

Since James K. Polk was a Democrat and he supported the annexation of Texas, what else must be true?

• The Democratic party was against slavery.

• The Democratic party supported Manifest Destiny.

• James K. Polk wanted Texas to enter as a free state.

Multiple Choice

The Free Soil Party-

• supported the expansion of slavery into the territories.

• did not support the expansion of slavery into the territories.

Multiple Select

Select the four provisions of the Compromise of 1850:

• California free state

• Missouri slave state

• stronger fugitive slave law

• other territories acquired from Mexico open to slavery

• slave trade abolished in Washington, D.C.

Open Ended

Explain how the Fugitive Slave Law further divided the nation.

Open Ended

Explain how Stephen Douglas crafted the Kansas-Nebraska Act so that Southerners in Congress would agree to support it.

Open Ended

Explain how the events in Kansas further divided the nation prior to the Civil War.

Multiple Choice

Which of these describes the Republican party that formed in the 1850s?

• it supported slavery

• it wanted to ban the expansion of slavery into the territories

• it wanted to abolish slavery in the entire U.S.

• it wanted all free states to return fugitive slaves

Multiple Select

Select the three statements that describe the Supreme Court's ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford.

• No Black people were considered citizens.

• Only free Black people were citizens.

• Slaves were considered property that was protected under the 5th amendment.

• It was unconstitutional to ban slavery in the territories.

Open Ended

Explain how the Dred Scott decision further divided the nation prior to the Civil War.