Causes of the Civil War

Which region of the United States believed that the states should be able to govern themselves without interference from the national government?

• Southern states

• Northern states

• Great Lake states

• Pacific Coast states

States' rights can BEST be defined as the belief that states

• could leave the Union at any time if they chose to.

• could maintain slavery if their population wished to.

• could ignore national laws if they were harmful to the state.

• could force the national government to turn over all national government property to the states.

The early 1800s belief of some people that a state could vote down a federal law was known as

• absolution.

• ratification.

• justification.

• nullification.

Which was a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• Owning slaves was forbidden in Washington, D.C.

• Slavery was permitted in the new state of California.

• Importation of slaves from Africa was declared illegal.

• Runaway slaves had to be returned to southern owners.

The "Georgia Platform" was a statement supporting

• states' rights.

• popular sovereignty.

• the Compromise of 1850.

• slavery throughout the United States.

The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to

• prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings.

• prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court trials.

• require slaves that had run away to go back to their owners.

• require slaves to have citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs.

the Underground Railroad was a network of people helping escaped slaves leave the South for freedom in Northern cities. To which city did most slaves from Georgia flee?

• Chicago, Illinois

• Indianapolis, Indiana

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Through which free states did most of the routes run?

• Missouri and Illinois

• Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio

• New York and Pennsylvania

• South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?

• It admitted Missouri to the Union as a free state.

• Ir created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

• It permitted slavery north of Missouri's southern boundary.

• It changed the requirements necessary for a territory to become a state.

Why did the U.S. Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?

• because he returned to a slave state and he could not be freed

• because he was a slave and he was not eligible to sue in court

• because he did not live long enough in a free territory to be free

• because he was the property of his owner and could be taken anywhere