Causes of the Civil War

Why did Southern states secede from the Union?

• They believed Republicans like Abraham Lincoln would end slavery

• They were opposed to the violence going on in the North

• They wanted to move

• They were offended by the institution of slavery

This individual who conducted a raid on Harpers Ferry was called

• James Buchanan

• John Brown

• Stephen Douglas

• Dred Scott

This law allowed the federal government to arrest anyone accused of being a runaway slave, even in the free territories

• Ostend Manifesto

• Wilmot Proviso

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Declaration of Sentiments

The result of the Dred Scott decision was that

• slavery should be outlawed

• Lincoln would be elected President

• slaves were automatically free when in slave states

• African Americans were not protected by the Constitution

Which act of Congress added a slave and free state and outlawed slavery in the new states North of 36"30' in the Louisiana Territory?

• Anaconda Plan

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

A consequence of the Kansas Nebraska Act was

• Dred Scott would sue for his freedom

• John Brown and his men captured the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry

• Gold was discovered in Nebraska

• violence erupted between pro slavery and anti slavery factions

A result of Abraham Lincoln winning the 1860 election was that

• Senators were beaten in Congress

• border states like Kentucky and Maryland joined the Confederacy

• President Buchanan would invade South Carolina

• several states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America

This piece of legislation voided the Missouri Compromise.

• Compromise of 1850

• The Constitution

• The Lincoln Douglas Debates

• Kansas Nebraska Act

What even took place in response to the Kansas Nebraska Act?

• Bleeding Kansas

• Harpers Ferry Raid

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The Dred Scott case

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use _______________________ to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from Mexico.

• Secession

• 3/5 Compromise

• Raiding tactics

• Popular sovereignty