Causes of the Civil War

Describe the Missouri Compromise.

• It maintained a balance between free and slave states.

• It required that slaves captured in free states be returned to slave states.

• It meant slavery would be permitted in the state of California but not Oregon.

• It forbid the ownership of slaves in Washington, D.C.

What was a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• It allowed slavery in Maine, but not in Missouri.

• Importation of slaves from Africa was declared illegal.

• Runaway slaves had to be returned to southern owners.

• It allowed Kansas and Nebraska to enter as free states.

How did the Dred Scott decision push the nation closer to war?

• By ruling that the federal government could not stop slavery in the territories.

• Southerners began to believe that northerners supported the use of force against them, so they needed to protect themselves.

• By ruling that slaves were citizens and had the right to sue for their freedom.

• Both A and B

• Both A and C

What is the concept of states' rights?

• The belief that the needs of the nation should come before the needs of the states.

• The belief that the need of the states and the needs of the nation were equally important.

• The belief that the needs of the states should come before the needs of the nation.

• The belief that the needs of the nation would determine the needs of the states.

The North wanted low tariffs placed on imported good so Americans would be forced to buy good from Europe.

• True

• False

The South were against tariffs because they relied heavily on imported goods.

• True

• False

Sectionalism is the idea that one group's beliefs or way of doing things is superior to another group's beliefs or ways.

• True

• False

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who is against slavery and wants to see it end.

• Someone who wants states to make their own decisions about slavery.

• Someone who returns runaway slaves to their owners.

• Someone who guards plantations to make sure slaves do not leave.

What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• To require that runaway slaves get to a free state so they would not be considered fugitives.

• To require that slave owners not let their slaves off their property.

• To require that runaway slaves be returned to their owners.

• To require that slavery end immediately.

What were slave codes?

• A secret language the slaves used to communicate about their escape plans.

• Laws that governed the way an owner could treat his slaves.

• Laws made to restrict the rights of slaves.

• Laws made to give rights to slaves.