Sectionalism and the Civil War

Slavery was banned in the border states

• True

• False

Most Northerners supported the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act.

• True

• False

Lincoln lost the majority of electoral votes in the election of 1860.

• True

• False

Henry Clay, a senator from Kentucky, was known as the Great Compromiser

• True

• False

John Brown was a soft spoken and peaceful person who favored slavery.

• True

• False

The Kansas-Nebraska Act would divide some of the Louisiana territory to answer the question about slavery.

• True

• False

The Mississippi River was extremely important to the Union because if they controlled it, it would split the Confederacy.

• True

• False

The North had a larger population than the South

• True

• False

Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War?

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Donelson

A series of 5 laws to include the Fugitive Slave Act is known as the Missouri Compromise.

• True

• False