Causes of the Civil War

This was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery. 

• Harriet's Cabin
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Slavery 
• State's Rights

This man led a raid at Harpers Ferry to show people they could use violence to try and end slavery.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• John Brown

This was one of the main causes that led to the Civil War. The North did not want this and the South did. The  South depended on this for their economy and to make a profit. 

• State's Rights
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Slavery
• John Brown's Raid

Where was the Battle of Fort Sumter?

• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• Georgia
• Virginia

Where was John Brown's Raid?

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

• Charleston, South Carolina

• Harpers Ferry, Virginia

What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.

• It temporarily ended the slavery debate.

• It led to the South seceding from the Union.

• It upset the balance of slave and free states in the Union.

According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery banned?

• Southern States

• Northern States

• Louisiana Territory

• land acquired from Mexico

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?

• It changed the borders of Missouri.

• It required that all of Missouri be free.

• It allowed slavery in new Northern territories.

• It established new interstate trade rules.

Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• It led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas.

• It settled the slavery issue in Nebraska.

• It calmed the country's dispute over slavery.

• It required that the new territories would be free states.

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?

• that slavery diminished the national character

• that African American rights were protected by the Constitution

• that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court

• that slavery should be abolished by executive order