Civil War review

The purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was to…

• stop trading with Europe

• maintain the balance of free states and slave states

• decrease the effect businesses had on the government

• rebuild of the South after the Civil War

What was the significance of the Dred Scott supreme court case?

• slavery was outlawed in the north

• Dred Scott was granted his freedom

• all the slaves on Scott's plantation were freed

• slaves were determined to be property not citizens

Which event led directly to the secession of Southern States from the Union?

• Election of Abraham Lincoln as president

• Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Adoption of a new fugitive slave law

• Decision of the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sanford

What is "sectionalism"?

• loyalty to your "section" or region of the country

• dividing the country into four equal sections

• wanting to break away from the Union

• support for the Sectional political party

What caused "sectionalism" among some Americans

• pubic safety-people wanted less crime

• environmental interests-people were concerned about pollution and climate change

• foreign policy-people didn't want Russia interfering in America's elections

• economic interests-concerns of protecting how their region made money

Northerners opposed the fugitive Slave Act because it…

• It allowed for slavery in Kansas and Nebraska

• Charged fees that were too low

• Extended the right to a trial to slaves

• Said escaped slaves could be captured in the North

Widespread violence erupted in Kansas over slavery in the mid-1850s mainly due to…

• the southern states were threatening secession

• the Trail of Tears tragedy

• the Missouri Compromise of 1820

• popular sovereignty being allowed to decide slavery there

Which of the following was NOT a famous aboliltionist

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Jefferson Davis

An issue that divided the North and South and led to the Civil War was the…

• length of the term of the president

• use of judicial review by the Supreme Court

• sectional and regional differences over slavery

• application of the impeachment process

A major effect of the Emancipation of Proclamation was that it

• decreased support for the war in the North Northern

• led to thousands of African American to join the Union army

• strengthened the principle of states’ rights

• brought a quick end to the war