Causes of the Civil War Part 1

Causes of the Civil War Part 1

by Nassrine Hamdan

Multiple Choice

What is a compromise?

• A disagreement between 2 sides

• To move or break away

• An agreement reached by 2 sides where both sides have to give something up.

Multiple Choice

The belief that your part of the country is best and its needs are put in front of everything else is

• sectionalism

• popular sovereignty

• secession

• arsenal

Multiple Choice

According to the Missouri Compromise, Missouri would enter the Union as a _______ state, and Maine would enter as a ______ state.

• free, slave

• small, large

• large, small

• slave, free

Multiple Choice

Any state entering North of the 36'30" line would enter as a slave state and any state entering South of the line would enter as a free state.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

The Wilmot Proviso was a plan to stop the spread of ______ into territories won from Mexico.

• diseases

• slavery

• settlers

Multiple Choice

The Wilmot Proviso made the South suspicious of the North's intentions.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Free Soil Party was the first political party that was

• Republican

• Democratic

• Sectional

Multiple Choice

The Free Soil Party did not call for an end to slavery, they were only against slavery

• expanding

• in the North

• in the South

• being abolished

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 conditions of the Compromise of 1850?

• Slave trade was ended in Washington D.C.

• A strict Fugitive Slave Law was passed

• California would enter the Union as a slave state

• Border issues between New Mexico and Texas were settled.

Multiple Choice

The Fugitive Slave Act required citizens to catch runaway slaves, even if they made it to a free state, or they could be fined or put in jail.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, changed the mind of many ________ regarding their views about slavery.

• Southerners

• Northerners

• Senators

• Slaves

Multiple Choice

The ________ repealed the 36'30" line.

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Wilmot Proviso

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Multiple Choice

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers to decide if they would allow slavery. This is called

• compromise

• sectionalism

• popular sovereignty

Multiple Choice

Anti-slavery and pro-slavery supporters moved to Kansas to support or oppose slavery which caused

• violent fighting between the groups

• peaceful negotiation between the groups

Multiple Choice

Who attacked the pro-slavery town where 5 people were killed.

• Charlie Brown

• John Snow

• John Brown