Causes of the Civil War

WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO THE COMPROMISE OF 1820

• MAINE WAS A FREE STATE
• MISSOURI WAS A SLAVE STATE
• CALIFORNIA WAS A SLAVE STATE
• NO SLAVERY ABOVE 36 30 LINE

WHICH ACT LET PEOPLE CHOOSE IF THEY WANTED SLAVERY IN THE REST OF THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY.

• COMPROMISE OF 1820
• COMPROMISE OF 1850
• KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

WHAT POLITICAL PARTY WAS CREATED TO END SLAVERY?

• DEMOCRATIC
• REPUBLICAN
• WHIGS
• FREEDOM

This law sparked years of violence in the Midwest (1854-1859)

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

Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor

• North

• South

• West

Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery

• North

• South

• West

Which of the following was not part of the Compromise of 1850?

• California admitted as free state

• New Mexico and Utah territories would vote on issues of slavery

• US agreed to stay out of foreign affairs

• The passing of the Fugitive Slave Law

Which famous abolitionist wrote a novel exposing the evils of slavery to the world?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Harriett Beecher Stowe

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Ernest Hemingway

What political party was Lincoln a member of?

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Federalists

• Democratic-Republicans

How did tariffs on imports play a role in dividing the north and south?

• North wanted tariffs to protect American industry and the south opposed tariffs on their farm goods

• South wanted tariffs to keep away European food imports and the north opposed on their raw materials