Events Leading to Civil War

Which state was admitted to the Union from the compromise of 1820.

• California
• Missouri
• Michigan
• Texas

True or False:  The North gained control of Congress after the compromise of 1820.

• True
• False

Southerners received which concession, or 'win' during the compromise of 1850:

• The Fugitive Slave Law was strengthened
• Slave Trading continued to be legal in Washington D.C.
• California entered as a free state

Due to competition from pro-slavery and abolitionists, the two sides in Kansas could best be described as

• brother arguing with brother
• brother disagreeing with brother
• brother screaming at brother
• brother killing brother

In the Dred Scott decision, it was concluded that African Americans were

• free in free territories
• property
• citizens
• free everywhere

The election of 1860 witnessed _________ elected.

• A. Lincoln
• G. Breckinridge
• L. Bell
• R.E. Lee

What controversial man was a hero in the North but a villain in the South in 1858?

• John Brown
• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Frederick Douglass

Southern states threatened this if Lincoln was elected.

• compromise
• division
• secession
• states rights

What state was the first to secede the Union?

• South Carolina
• Georgia
• Texas
• Virginia

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act state?

• they were to become free states
• they were to become slave states
• they were to have popular sovereignty
• Congress would decide their status on slaves