Causes of the Civil War

Which of these was the movement in the United States to end the slave trade and free slaves?

•  the abolitionist movement 
• the suffrage movement
• the states' rights movement 
• the environmental justice movement

Which piece of legislation stated that Slavery was banned north of the 36’30° and allowed it south of the line?

• Compromise of 1850 
• 3/5 Compromise
• Missouri Compromise 
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

___________ is defined as “rivalry based on the special interests of different areas.”

• States' Rights
• Popular Sovereignty
• Sectionalism
• Segregation

Why was slavery an important part of the Southern economy?

• Plantation owners needed slaves to cook their meals.
• The land in the South provided farmers with good soil to grow cash crops but the land was so large that plantation owners needed more hands to work the land.
• Factories began to spread and there was a greater need for free labor.
• White indentured servants wanted more money. 

What piece of legislation included all of the following?
o  All citizens were required to report runaway slaves o  Anyone caught helping runaway slaves would be fined or jailed
o  Slaves had no right to jury trial
o  Anyone sending runaway slaves back to their owners would receive cash payment

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820
• the Wilmot Proviso of 1846
• the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
• the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

Identify the Supreme Court case that angered northerners because it said that slavery could exist anywhere in the United States based on the idea that slaves were “property.”

• Marbury v. Madison
• Dred Scott Decision
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. The Board of Education

What way did “Bleeding Kansas,” John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, and the Dred Scott Decision all have a similar effect on the United States? 

• they ended conflict over slavery in the territories
• they made sectional compromise more difficult
• they contributed to the formation of the Whig Party
• they eased tensions between the North and the South 

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott V. Sandford case?

• Dred Scott was set free since he lived in a free state.
• Dred Scott was property and not a citizen. 
• Dred Scott's owners were guilty of holding him against his will and were arrested.
• Dred Scott's owners had to pay Dred Scott for work he completed.

Although the Civil War eventually put an end to slavery, for what reason did the war begin?

• to gain control of the California Territory in the west 
• to preserve the Union under one government
• because of the North's attempt to develop its own agriculture
• because of the South's attempt to become industrialized

This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case