Events Leading to the Civil War

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

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

The idea that people should be allowed to vote whether or not to have slavery in a territory is known as.....

• Compromise

• Popular vote

• Popular sovereignty

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

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

• Harpers Ferry

• Fort Sumter

• Washington, DC

• Richmond

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

California entered the Union as a free state while southwest territories would decide the slavery issue themselves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Compromise of 1850

Some slaves were able to escape to freedom in the North thanks to the ______________________________.

• Dred Scott Decision
• The Compromise of 1850
• Bleeding Kansas
• Underground Railroad

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

Known as the "Great Compromiser" this senator creates the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and the Compromise of 1850.

• Henry Calhoun

• Henry Douglas

• Henry Ford

• Henry Clay