Events leading to the Civil War

This region has large, growing cities.

• North

• South

Which of the following events was when pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers fought violently?

• Compromise of 1850
• War of 1812
• Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding  Kansas 
• Underground Railroad 

This region relied heavily on slave labor

• North
• South

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed this state to enter as a Free State (no slavery)

• Maine

• Maryland

• Massachusetts

• Missouri

Abolitionists ___________________ slavery and convinced others to organize the Underground Railroad.

• enjoyed

• wanted

• opposed

• started

What law compelled the North to return runaway slaves back to the South?

• Fugitive Dog Acts

• Fugitive Slave Act/ Compromise of 1850

• Abolition Act of 1850

• I refuse to answer this question based on the fact I have not studied!

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

• permitted, prohibited
• prohibited, permitted or allowed
• sometimes prohibited, never allowed
• cheap, expensive

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

California entered the Union as a free state while southwest territories would decide the slavery issue themselves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Compromise of 1850

Some slaves were able to escape to freedom in the North thanks to the ______________________________.

• Dred Scott Decision
• The Compromise of 1850
• Bleeding Kansas
• Underground Railroad