Unit 5 - Causes of the Civil War

States in the South believed

• They should have more representatives in Congress

• They were better

• They should have the right to decide their own laws

• They were French

Who threatened to leave the Union after President Lincoln was elected?

• Southern States

• Northern States

• Hawaii

• Great Britain

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

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

Which quote would MOST LIKELY have been made by a southerner in the antebellum (pre-war) period?

• "Slavery should be abolished."

• "Tariffs should be higher so people buy American goods."

• "The Compromise of 1850 is not fair. The Kansas Territory is above the Mason-Dixon Line."

• "I only care what happens in my state, not what's best for the whole country."

Which of the following is the belief that a state can vote down or ignore a federal law?

• nullification

• popular sovereignty

• states' rights

• veto

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• To allow slavery in Missouri until 1850

• To allow slavery in Maine but not in Missouri

• To maintain a balance of free states and slave states

• To return slaves captured in free states to slave states

Someone who believed in states' rights would probably support which statement?

• "National laws are always more important than state laws."

• "The national government has no right to tell states how to operate."

• "States can only pass legislation on issues written in the U.S. Constitution."

• "Disputes between states should always be settled by the national government."

Which region of the U.S. believed that states should be able to govern themselves without interference from the federal government?

• Southern States

• Northern States

• Great Lakes States

• Western States

Which statement BEST explains how the Dred Scott Decision pushed the nation closer to war?

• The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were required to register when they moved states.

• The Supreme Court ruled that slavery was not a legal right of the southern states.

• The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not pass laws to stop slavery in the territories.

• The Supreme Court ruled that slave owners had to be reimbursed for slaves who escaped on the Underground Railroad

What was the purpose of the Georgia Platform?

• To encourage Georgia to secede from the United States

• To encourage Georgia to support the Compromise of 1850

• To encourage Georgia to support the Missouri Compromise

• To encourage Georgia to send people to the Nebraska territory to fight abolitionists from the United States