American 1 5.2

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850...

• forced slave owners to capture their own runaway slaves
• forced all people in the United States to help catch runaway slaves
• got rid of slavery in the North
• allowed runaway slaves to settle in New York

As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?

• The Senate would vote
• The House of Representatives would vote
• The President would vote
• Popular sovereignty

Which act of Congress added a slave and free state and outlawed slavery in new states North of 36"30' in the Louisiana Territory?

• Compromise of 1850
• Missouri Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Wilmot Proviso

The California Gold Rush led to which of the following?

• Dred Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1850 
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Missouri Compromise

The war with Mexico BEGAN with

• California's rebellion
• a border dispute in Texas
• the Battle of Buena Vista
• a US invasion of Mexico City

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Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?

• Secede
• Ironclad
• Border State
• Casualty

What was the Civil War originally fought over?

• Secession
• Slavery
• Exports
• Taxes

What was the immediate cause of the secession of Southern States from the Union?

• election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency
• passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
• raid on Harpers Ferry by John Brown
• decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case

What event is considered to be the official start of the Civil War?

• the burning of Lawrence, Kansas
• the raid on Harpers Ferry
• the attack on Fort Sumter
• the attack on Southampton, Virginia

Define “Confederacy” in the context of the Civil War.

• The new nation made up of the seceded Southern states.
• The leftover Northern states
• The name of Abraham Lincoln's administration
• The route runaway slaves took to the North.