Abolition and the Causes of the Civil War

Which law allowed slave holders to gain access to the north to retrieve their runaway slaves

• Fugitive Immigrant Law

• Runaway Slave Clause

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Property Abandonment Clause

Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the people of these territories the right to vote on slavery. What piece of legislation did it overturn?

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• Henry Clay Treaty

• Lincoln Agreement

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

• Bleeding Kansas

• Red Kansas

• Civil War I

• Missouri Compromise Conflict

This novel changed the face of the nation and boosted the abolition movement

• Uncle Ben's Cabin

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Uncle Terry's Cabin

• Uncle Hank's Cabin

When California applied for statehood as a free state, it created a problem for our nation. What did it upset?

• Southern slave states

• The balance of power in Congress

• Northern Free States

• Foreign alliances with Pacific Coast allies

People who opposed slavery were known as:

• Abolitionists

• Secessionists

• Sharecroppers

• Confederates

The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states:

• Compromise of 1850

• Georgia Platform

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe?

• The right of the states to vote on laws

• Abolitionism

• The right of the federal government to nullify laws

• The vote to end the Civil War

1.  Who was a conductor of the Underground Railroad?

• FREDERICK DOUGLASS
• SOJOURNER TRUTH
• ANGELINA GRIMKE
• HARRIET TUBMAN

Which region was known for having a lot of industry?

• north

• south