Causes of the Civil War

Which was part of the Compromise of 1850?

• California is a free state

• Missouri is made a slave state

• the 36,30 line is removed.

• Maine is a free state.

Describe Kansas after the Kansas-Nebraska act was passed.

• composed

• mayhem

• tranquil

• happy

What did John Brown do to unarmed pro-slavery men in Kansas?

• talk to them sternly

• protest in front of their house

• hacked them to death with swords

• agreed with them

What is an abolitionist?

• A person against slavery
• A person who is a slave
• A person for slavery
• A person who owns slaves

What was John Brown's goal at Harpers Ferry?

• to capture weapons at the US arsenal

• to burn down the town

• to kill lots of people

• to live there

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  

• James Monroe
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Henry Clay

A political party formed to prevent the spred of slavery

• Whig Party

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Constitutional Party

Formally withdrawing from the United States

• To Confederate

• Leaving

• Succession

• Secession