5th Grade - Causes of the Civil War

What did Congress pass in 1820 that drew an imaginary line through the Louisiana Territory?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Fugitive Slave Law

• The Mississippi Compromise

Why was the Fugitive State Law passed?

• To allow slaves to escape.

• To make the people in the North happy.

• To help capture slaves in the South.

• As a compromise to the South for allowing California to join the Union as a free state.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow?

• California to enter the Union.

• Women to have the vote.

• Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery.

• Kansas and Nebraska to become states.

What was the symbol for the Republican Party?

• The rhino.

• The elephant.

• The donkey.

• The hippo.

Why did Abraham Lincoln join the Republican Party.

• It was against slavery and so was he.

• It was for slavery and so was he.

• He liked the men in the party.

Why did Dred Scott go to court?

• He was caught stealing.

• He wanted to get paid more.

• He wanted his freedom from slavery.

Why did the Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?

• They found him guilty.

• They believed that the Constitution protected citizen's property wherever they traveled.

• They believed in slavery.

Where did John Brown go to steal weapons for his uprising?

• Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

• Washington.

• Richmond.

• Harpers Ferry, California.

Who won the 1860 election?

• Stephen A.Douglas

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Adams

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

• North Carolina

• Texas

• Alabama

• South Carolina