Civil War: Causes, Outcomes, and Consequences

This document was issued by Abrham Lincoln; it freed slaves in states that were in "rebellion with the United States."

• Emancipation Proclamation
• 13th Amendment
• Gettysburg Address
• 14th Amendment

What issue was the cause of the Civil War?

• States Rights
• Slavery
• Tyranny
• Representation in Congress

Even free blacks in the North were in danger of being captured and forced into slavery due to the...

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Missouri Compromise

Business and the movement of people was made easier and faster in the Northern states due to the expansion of...

• Automobiles
• Boats
• Railroads
• Airplanes

The right of the citizens to vote on whether or not to allow slavery in their state is known as...

• Popular Sovereignty
• Representation
• Government
• Tyranny

This political party was the first national party to be against slavery; they nominated Abraham Lincoln to run for president.

• Democratic Party
• Republican Party
• Whig Party
• Know-Nothing Party

During the election of 1860, this person was elected as president.

• James Buchanan
• Andrew Jackson
• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln

What happened in Kansas during the voting period to decide Kansas's stance on slavery?

• Violence broke out
• It was a fair election
• Only people from Kansas voted
• The election was stopped

This person was a slave who lived in a free state and sued to gain his freedom because of where he lived. 

• John Brown 
• Frederick Douglass
• Dred Scott
• Harriet Tubman

The Supreme Court decided in favor of Dred Scott and gave black Americans full rights.

• True
• False