Road to the Civil War

During the ____________ a state attempted to overrule a federal law.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Nullification Crisis

How did Pres. Andrew Jackson respond to the Nullification Crisis?

• Sent Federal Troops

• Eliminated all tariffs

• Assigned labor unions to South Carolina

• Allowed South Carolina to secede

As a condition of the Missouri Compromise slavery ________ north of the 36' 30" line.

• was allowed

• was not allowed

• will be voted on

• will permanently exist

Which section of the country wanted tariffs nullified?

• North

• South

• West

• Southwest

The ______________ resulted in the capturing of enslaved person as well as freedmen.

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Dred Scott Case

____________ resulted in the growth of the abolitionist movement in the North.

• Common Sense

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Interchangeable Part

• Transcendentalism

_____________ is the process of people deciding on an issue themselves.

• Federalism

• Checks and balances

• Republicanism

• Popular sovereignty

Fighting breaks out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Nullification Crisis

• Missouri Compromise

What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?

• The underground railroad was ended
• Slaves that ran-away would be jailed
• Made it illegal for slaveholders to recapture their slaves
• Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves

What state would be added to the Union as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850

• Oregon
• California
• Michigan
• Iowa