US I Ch 4.1 Causes of Civil War Quiz

Who won the Election of 1860?

• James Buchanan

• John Bell

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglass

Which of the following was NOT an advantage the North had over the South at the start of the war?

• North had more railroads

• North had more industry

• North had a large population

• North had the better generals

This admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and created a line at the 36 30 parallel that said there could be no slavery above that line

• Missouri Compromise

• Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

One of the big questions in newly created territories of Kansas and Nebraska was the idea of popular sovereignty? What is popular sovereignty?

• people get to choose whether they wanted to be a free state or a slave state

• people get to choose whether African Americans should or shouldn't have the right to vote

• people get to choose whether women should or shouldn't have the right to vpte

• people get to choose whether to forcefully remove Native Americans or allow them to become citizens

What was the main idea in the 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?

• women should have the right to vote

• was about Stowe's hatred for slavery

• the North and South need to settle their differences without going to war and dividing the country

• none of the above

Which of the following statements is FALSE about the Compromise of 1850?

• California was admitted to the Union as a free state

• A new Fugitive Slave Act was passed

• residents of Kansas and Nebraska had the right to popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery

• the slave trade became illegal in Washington D.C.

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?

• they ruled in favor of Dred Scott and immediately set Dred Scott free

• they ruled against Dred Scott because the 5th Amendment protects property, which includes slaves

• they ruled against Dred Scott because they believe there should be separate white and black schools

• they ruled against Dred Scott because it is legal to have separate but equal train cars

This man defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois senatorial race, but was defeated by Lincoln in the 1860 presidential race.

• Stephen Douglas

• John Breckenridge

• John Bell

• Henry Clay

How does the South react to the election of Abraham Lincoln?

• they celebrated in the streets because they believed this guaranteed slavery

• they opposed it, but it really didn't bother them

• they opposed it and some states start to secede from the United States

What was the first Southern state to secede from the Union?

• Virginia

• Florida

• Georgia

• South Carolina