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

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

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

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

Slavery, states’ rights, sectionalism, and balance of power in the Senate are all ________________.

• Factors Supporting Abolition
• Primary Causes of the Civil War
• Consequences of Lincoln's Election
• Reasons for the Failure of Reconstruction 

This said all blacks were NOT US citizens

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

This event was the first time Americans acted violently against slavery.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case