Causes of the Civil War

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

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• The Constitution

• Lincoln/Douglas Debates

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 the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• the expansion of slavery
• the building of railroads 
• the provision of women's suffrage
• support for the homesteading 

This was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery. 

• Harriet's Cabin
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Slavery 
• State's Rights

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

What did the Wilmot Proviso state?

• Slavery should not expand into the territory acquired after the Mexican American War

• All runway slaves who are captured must be brought back to their plantations in the southern states

• The Slave Trade would end in 1845 for all states of the Union

• Slavery would be permitted in some Northern states

Manifest Destiny was the belief that...

• It was the United States' God given right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
• Native peoples in the United States should be treated with respect.
• The United States should respect the land claims of countries.
• All people in the United States should have the right to vote.

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Abolitionist who raided the Harper's Ferry arsenal in 1859 to arm slaves to revolt.

• Harriet Tubman
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• John Brown
• William Lloyd Garrison

The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...

• Freedom Act.

• Emancipation Act.

• Slaveowners Act.

• Fugitive Slave Act.