Causes of the Civil War

People who wanted to eliminate slavery were called:

• Puritans
• Abolitionists
• Activists
• Underground Railroad

Sectionalism refers to:

• involuntary servitude
• Loyalty to a part of the country
• belief that states have the right to not follow a federal law if they do not agree with it
• breaking away from a nation

Which is NOT a method for travel used by the Underground Railroad?

• trains
• on foot
• boats
• cars

The Fugitive Slave Law:

• required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves and send them back to their owners
• Fined or jailed people who assisted slaves in their escape
• Both of the above
• None of the above

Uncle Tom's Cabin:

• Was a best selling novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Showed the evils of slavery 
• Showed the injustice of the Fugitive Slave Law
• All of the above

The Compromise of 1850 allowed which state to enter the United States as a free state?

• Utah
• New Mexico
• California
• Texas

The Missouri Compromise allowed _________ to enter the U.S. as a slave state while ___________ entered as a free state.

• Missouri; Maine
• Maine, Missouri
• Missouri; Louisiana
• Louisiana; Missouri

Who was attacked in the Senate over the slavery debate?

• Preston Brooks
• Andrew Butler
• Charles Sumner
• Dred Scott

The main goal of the newly formed Republican Party was to:

• outlaw slavery completely
• keep slavery out of the western territories
• build a wall to keep out criminals
• reorganize the Louisiana Purchase

Which event led to the Southern states seceding from the U.S.?

• The Union firing shots at Fort Sumter
• physical violence in Congress
• The abolitionist movement
• The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860