Causes of the Civil War

The two shaded states on this map were admitted to the Union under the terms of a comprise involving the-

• resolution of a boundary dispute with Great Britain

• expansion of slavery into western territories

• relocation of American Indians to western territories

• counting of the slave population for purposes of representation

These data could be used to support which conclusion?

• Gulf Coast states had to rely on steamboats to transport goods.

• States in the lower South had more land devoted to plantations.

• Border states had to import needed raw materials

• States in the upper South were heavily industrialized.

Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

• Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave law.

• Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California.

• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C., slave markets.

• Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession

The Dred Scott decision had a major impact on life in the United States because it.....

• Limited the power of the Supreme Court to rule on cases of race

• Supported Congress' right to forbid slavery in the territories

• Reopened the issue of slavery in the territories

• Reaffirmed the President's right to serve more than two terms in office

Which event best completes the timeline?

• John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

• 13th Amendment abolishing slavery

• First enslaved person arrive from Africa

• Naval Blockade of the South

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

• It increased the number of immigrants settling in northern states.

• It provided financing for canal construction .

• It rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states.

• It temporarily relieved sectional tensions

What impact did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on slavery?

• It reopened the question of whether slaves would be permitted in the Northern territories

• It emancipated all slaves living in Kansas and Nebraska, making them into free men.

• It halted the spread of slavery into Kansas and New Mexico.

• It allowed slaves in Kansas to buy their freedom after a period of seven years of service to their owner.

In 1854, Anthony Burns, a fugitive slave from Alexandria, Virginian, was arrested in Boston and returned to Virginia. Which federal legislation provided the basis for Burn's arrest?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Gadsden Purchase

Which title best completes the diagram?

• Key Events of the Civil War

• Causes of the Civil War

• Individual Rights during the Civil War

• The Nullification Crisis

Which of these directly resulted from the event announced in the headline above?

• The abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North.

• Members of the U.S. Senate sought to end Black Codes in the Southern states.

• The federal government allowed the expansion of slavery into all new western territories.

• Abolitionists moved to the South to avoid living under the new law.