Civil War Review

States in the South believed

• They should have more representatives in Congress

• They were better

• In States' Rights, which is each state making their own laws, not the US gov.

• They were French

The first state to secede from the Union was

• Canada

• North Carolina

• Arkansas

• South Carolina

an enslaved person who sued for his freedom after having lived in a free state  

• Roger B. Taney
• Dred Scott
• Stephen Douglass
  John Brown
• Stephen Douglas

Citizens could be jailed or fined for helping runaway slaves because of the

• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Democrat Party
• Election of 1852

The result of the Dred Scott decision was that (select 2 correct answers)

• slaves are property, not citizens

• slaves are free if living in a free state

• slavery can be outlawed in the territories

• slavery can spread anywhere (North or South)

This voided the Missouri Compromise and removed the 36* 30' line.

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• The Constitution

• Lincoln/Douglas Debates

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use___________________________ to determine whether the territory would be free or slave.  This decision applied to much of the land gained from the the U.S. Mexican War.

• Three Fifths Compromise
• Raiding
• Popular sovereignty 
• Secession

Which of the following best describes John Brown?

• radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

• a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence

• a pro-slavery Senator

• a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

• slavery would be banned in all future states.

• the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

• the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

• slavery would be allowed in every future state.

What was John Brown's master plan?

• To show the democratic party that he would stop at nothing to end slavery

• To make American's all across the country to recognize him as a political threat

• To get Abraham Lincoln elected

• To attack an arsenal and start a slave rebellion