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 Harper's Ferry to show people they could use violence to try and end slavery. 

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee 
• John Brown

This was the main cause that caused the South to secede because they said they did not have to follow the Federal laws

• Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

• John Brown's Raid

• State's Rights

• Fort Sumter

Secede means to.....

• join
• get rid of
• come together
• seperate

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 John Brown's Raid?

• Montgomery, Alabama
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Charleston, South Carolina
• Harper's Ferry, West Virginia

Which states entry into the Union created the crisis leading to the Compromise of 1850?

• Montana

• California

• Arkansas

• Texas

Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

• slavery would be banned in all future states.

• the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

• the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

• slavery would be allowed in every future state.

Which politician was the main author of the Compromise of 1850?

• Andrew Jackson

• John Calhoun

• Henry Clay

• John Adams

As a result of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was banned in which city?

• New York

• Atlanta

• Boston

• Washington D.C.