Causes of the Civil War

Which of these was the movement in the United States to end the slave trade and free slaves?

•  the abolitionist movement 
• the suffrage movement
• the states' rights movement 
• the environmental justice movement

Why were Abolitionists  in the 1840s opposed annexation of new western territory to the United States?

• they feared the admission of new slave states 
• they wanted to limit the power of the national government
• they were concerned with the legal rights of Native American Indians
• they supported an isolationist foreign policy 

Which piece of legislation stated that Slavery was banned north of the 36’30° and allowed it south of the line?

• Compromise of 1850 
• 3/5 Compromise
• Missouri Compromise 
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which through off the balance between free and slave states when they applied to join the Union in 1849?

• Nebraska
• Kansas
• California
• Oregon

The Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to _______________________.

• end fighting between mid-western farmers and Native American Indians 
• encourage manufacturing in the West
• increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections
• settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

___________ is defined as “rivalry based on the special interests of different areas.”

• States' Rights
• Popular Sovereignty
• Sectionalism
• Segregation

In the mid-to-late nineteenth century, what did the principle of “popular sovereignty” mean with regards to new states joining the Union?

• It left the determination of the status of slavery in a territory to the residents.
• It was extremely unpopular in the South, but popular in the North.
• It helped ease tensions between pro- and antislavery factions in Kansas. 
• It was a key tenet of the Missouri Compromise. 

Why was slavery an important part of the Southern economy?

• Plantation owners needed slaves to cook their meals.
• The land in the South provided farmers with good soil to grow cash crops but the land was so large that plantation owners needed more hands to work the land.
• Factories began to spread and there was a greater need for free labor.
• White indentured servants wanted more money. 

What piece of legislation included all of the following?
o  All citizens were required to report runaway slaves o  Anyone caught helping runaway slaves would be fined or jailed
o  Slaves had no right to jury trial
o  Anyone sending runaway slaves back to their owners would receive cash payment

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820
• the Wilmot Proviso of 1846
• the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
• the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

Identify the Supreme Court case that angered northerners because it said that slavery could exist anywhere in the United States based on the idea that slaves were “property.”

• Marbury v. Madison
• Dred Scott Decision
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. The Board of Education