Events leading to the Civil War

What was the key difference between the Northern and Southern economies that helped lead to war?

• The Southern economy depended on slavery and the Northern economy did not

• The North was predominantly Protestant and had organized religion

• North was more populous than the South

• the South was agricultural and the North focused on Industry

This was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850

• Compromise of 1850

• Underground Railroad

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Wilmot Proviso

While the South's economy was predominantly agricultural the North possessed a strong agrarian backbone

• True

• False

This act established Kansas and Nebraska as territories and allowed residents to decide on whether or not to allow slavery in the newly established territories

• Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

• Wilmot Proviso

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

The Compromise of 1850 included five different laws. Which law was beneficial to the North as part of this compromise?

• South would have to pay the North for any captured slaves

• South promised to reduce the number of slaves

• Slavery was outlawed in the Louisiana territory

• California was admitted as a free state

The Fugitive Slave Act provided for the

• payment to slaveholders for escaped slaves

• safe passage for slaves

• expansion of slavery to free slaves

• recovery of runaway slaves

What arsenal did John Brown attack in 1859?

• Kansas

• Harper's Ferry

• Pottawatomie Massacre

The idea that people should be allowed to vote whether or not to have slavery in a territory is known as.....

• Compromise

• Popular vote

• Popular sovereignty

The book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe which focused on the atrocities of slavery is called.....

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Atrocities of Slavery

• The Underground Railroad

• The Southern Overseer

What decided that the balance in congress of free and slave states would remain?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott decision
• Missouri Compromise