Causes of the Civil War

What was the overarching cause that created all the historical events that led to the Civil War?

• Slavery

• States' rights

• Southern secession

• Northern aggression

Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• Zachary Taylor

• Henry Clay

In 1820, as the U.S. added territories west of the Mississippi, the Missouri Compromise temporarily eased tension between free & slave states by stating territory...

• North of the 36th parallel is free & south is slave.

• North of the 36th parallel is lave & south is free.

• North of the 38th parallel is free & south is slave.

• North of the 38th parallel is slave & south is free.

To ease tension in Congress over the expansion of slavery, the Missouri Compromise added _____ as a slave state and _____ as a free state.

• Missouri; Nebraska

• Maine; Missouri

• Nebraska; Missouri

• Missouri; Maine

Which book sold hundreds of thousands of copies, was banned in the South, & turned many people into abolitionists?

• The Bible

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Lincoln's Essays

• Harriet Tubman's Autobiography

What did the idea of popular sovereignty mean as it related to the expansion of slavery?

• Voting in new territories/states on whether to allow slavery.

• Voting only for abolitionist candidates in new territories/states.

• Voting only for pro-slavery candidates in new territories/states.

• Boycotting the vote in elections taking place in slave states.

This law repealed the Missouri Compromise & let new territories to vote on whether or not to allow slavery.

• The Great Compromise Act

• Compromise of 1850 Act

• Dred Scott Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Pro & anti slavery supporters interfered in which western territory's elections on whether or not to allow slavery.

• Iowa

• Nebraska

• Kansas

• Oklahoma

The tension and violence between pro-slavery & anti-slavery groups in Kansas was called...

• "Crazy" Kansas

• "Murdering" Kansas

• "Bleeding" Kansas

• "Killing" Kansas

What best summarizes the decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?

• Slaves should be considered citizens and thus not property.

• All slaves should be free in all states.

• Slaves were classified as property and thus not citizens/free.

• Slaves could only be citizens, and thus free, in free states.