Civil War

What was one of the main issues that led to the Civil War?

• States Rights
• nationalism
• taxation without representation
• Impressment of sailors

What piece of legislation allowed California to join the Union as a free state?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Wilmot Proviso
• Compromise of 1850
• Compromise of 1820

Under the Missouri Compromise, what happened when Missouri was admitted as a slave state. 

• Slavery was outlawed in the southern part of the Louisiana Purchase.
• A Fugitive Slave Law was agreed upon
• Maine was admitted as a free state
• Texas was admitted as a slave state

What was the Dred Scott decision?

• It abolished the tariff of abominations
• It declared that slavery was legal in the territories
• It stated that a slave was free upon his master's death
• It ended the Fugitive Slave Law

Which of the following literary works of Harriet Beecher Stowe supported the abolitionist movement before the Civil War?

• Up From Slavery
• Gone with the Wind
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• The Jungle

In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?

• Dred Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1820
• Fugitive Slave Law
• Compromise of 1850

What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas
• Kansas became a slave state
• Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska
• Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups

Who was an escaped slave that conducted the Underground Railroad?

• Nat Turner
• John Brown
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Harriet Tubman

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

• the north
• the south
• the west
• Alaska

Why did the South oppose tariffs?

• Favored the Northern economy and threatened to hurt the Southern economy 
• Allowed slavery in the North
• Favored the Westwern economy and had no effect elsewhere
• Allowed slaves to runaway