Events Leading to the Civil War

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

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

What country did the South have a trading partnership with?

• England

• Russia

• Italy

• Germany

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

What arsenal did John Brown attack in 1859?

• Kansas

• Harper's Ferry

• Pottawatomie Massacre

Eli Whitney invented the _______________________which made the cultivation of cotton quicker and easier.

• Cotton Gin

• Cotton Combine

• Cotton Plow

• Cotton Spinner

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

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

The Supreme Court ruling that declared that slaves were considered property and went wherever their owners went no matter if that was free state or a slave state.

• Fugitive Slave Act
• The Dred Scott Decision
• Jim Crow Law
• Slave Owner Rights