Causes of the Civil War I

What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• The assassination of PResident Lincoln

• The attack on Fort Sumter

• John Brown's Rebellion

What is the idea that states, not the Federal government, should make the final decision aobut matters that affect them?

• Popular Sovereignty

• he Compromise of 1850

• States' Rights

Who was elected president of the Confederacy?

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

What compromise accepted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and created an invisible line across the territories where only territories south of the line would allow slavery?

• The Mason-Dixon Line

• Compromise of 1850

• The Missouri Compromise

How many states left the Union and formed their own government?

• 10

• 11

• 12

Which compromise allowed settlers in some territories to make the decision for themselves about whether or not to be a free or slave state.

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Abraham Lincoln's electioin did which of the following:

• Showed how divided the country was

• Brought the country together

The right of people to make political decisions for themselves is called________________.

• States' Rights

• Popular Sovereignty

• Manifest Destiny

The abolitionist who tried to start a rebellion against slavery by attacking a U.S. Army post at Harpers Ferry, Virgina was _________________.

• Dred Scott

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

Which U.S. Supreme Court decisioin ruled that slavery had to be legal in all terrritories?

• Dred Scott decision

• John Brown decision

• Harriet Tubman decision