Causes of the Civil War

Loyalty to your state or region over the country as a whole was one cause of the Civil War known as

• Slavery
• Secession
• Sectionalism

The North was industrial or manufacturing, and the South was

• Agricultural
• Architectural
• Astrological

an enslaved person who sued for his freedom after having lived in a free state  

• Roger B. Taney
• Dred Scott
• Stephen Douglass
  John Brown
• Stephen Douglas

This voided the Missouri Compromise and removed the 36* 30' line.

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• The Constitution

• Lincoln/Douglas Debates

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use___________________________ to determine whether the territory would be free or slave.  This decision applied to much of the land gained from the the U.S. Mexican War.

• Three Fifths Compromise
• Raiding
• Popular sovereignty 
• Secession

Which of the following best describes John Brown?

• radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

• a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence

• a pro-slavery Senator

• a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

What was John Brown's master plan?

• To show the democratic party that he would stop at nothing to end slavery

• To make American's all across the country to recognize him as a political threat

• To get Abraham Lincoln elected

• To attack an arsenal and start a slave rebellion

an enslaved person who sued for his freedom after having lived in a free state  

• Roger B. Taney
• Dred Scott
• Stephen Douglass
  John Brown
• Stephen Douglas

People who belonged to a movement to end slavery.

• Abolitionists

• Border ruffians

• Jayhawkers

• Bushwackers

A law that required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they escaped to a free state.

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Manifest Destiny

• Underground Railroad