Causes of Civil War

Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act led to...

• Compromise

• Anger in the North

• Recognition of Southern's Rights

• an end to Slavery

Stephen A Douglas proposed letting the people decide about Slavery through...

• Popular Sovereignty

• State's Rights

• Democratic

• Republican

The main topic of the Lincoln/Douglas debate was...

• Western Territories

• War with Mexico

• Slavery

• the economy

Southerners justified secession with the theory of...

• Constitutional Rights

• Federal Rights

• The Union's erros

• State's Rights

According to the _________________, a person could be fined or imprisoned for aiding fugitives.

• Southern Slave Act

• Owners-Right Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Runaway Slave Act

What was the first territory to shed blood over slavery?

• Texas

• Kansas

• Missouri

• South Carolina

What Supreme Court decision divided the nation even more on the issue of slavery?

• Fugitive Slave Case

• Dred Scott Case

• Clay's Ruling

• John Brown

The 1860 presidential candidate whose name did not appear on the ballot in most southern states?

• Abram Linclon

• John Bell

• John Breckinridge

• Stephen A Douglas

What network, to help slaves, was created in opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act?

• The Fugitive Line

• The North Star Network

• The Underground Railroad

• The Northern Express

Many Southerners were pleased by the Dred Scott decision because it said...

• Dred Scott would be freed

• Slavery was unconsitutional

• Restricting slavery was unconsitutional

• slaves were not property