Causes of the Civil War - 8th

an agreement which stated that Missouri would enter as a slave state and Maine would enter as a free state and the 36'30 line would be created

• Missouri Compromise of 1850

• Compromise of 1850

• 3/5 Compromise

• Henry Clay

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  

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

In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?

• It created new taxes for railroad construction.
• It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
• It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves
• It added California as a slave state

What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?

• The underground railroad was ended
• Slaves that ran-away would be jailed
• Made it illegal for slaveholders to recapture their slaves
• Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves

What state would be added to the Union as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850

• Oregon
• California
• Michigan
• Iowa

What was Harriet Beecher Stowe the author of?

• Jom Tom's Cabin

• A Knight in Shining Armor

• The Cabin in the Woods

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

Was the Underground Railroad actually underground?

• No, it was only called that because they had to keep secret.
• No, it ran on tracks above ground from south to north.
• Yes, the railroad was totally underground.
• Yes, and it ran for miles on end!

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CCSS.RI.5.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Whose economy depended on slave labor?

• neither the North or the South
• North
• both the North and the South
• South

People who campaigned to end slavery were called ____.

• conformists
• rebels
• abolitionists
• yankees

What were slaves legally considered?

• People
• Property
• Citizens
• Children