Civil War Causes Brainpop

What was the immediate effect of the Confederacy firing on Fort Sumter, South Carolina?

• It caused the Southern states to secede.

• It caused the beginning of the Civil War.

• It caused the end of the Civil War.

• It caused the beginning of the Nullification Crisis.

If you supported the cause of states' rights, what might you point to to back up your argument?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution

• Article III of the Constitution

• The First Amendment to the Constitution

Place the following events in sequence: A) The Kansas-Nebraska Act; B) The Missouri Compromise; C) The Nullification Crisis

• C, B, A

• A, C, B

• C, A, B

• B, C, A

If you wanted to nullify a quiz you took in history class, what might you do?

• Ask your teacher to throw the results of the quiz away

• Ask to re-take the quiz

• Promise that you'd do better on the next quiz

• Fight your teacher over your right to take the quiz

In the years before the Civil War, which state was most likely to favor higher tariffs?

• Missouri

• South Carolina

• New York

• Georgia

Under the rules of the Missouri Compromise, what had to happen every time a slave state joined the Union?

• A free state also had to be admitted to the Union.

• The voters in the state had to decide whether the slaves there would eventually be freed.

• The Supreme Court would have to decide whether slavery was legal.

• The President of the United States had to open up new free territories.

What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the Compromise of 1820?

• It expanded the compromise into land bought in the Louisiana Purchase.

• It strengthened the compromise.

• It repealed the compromise.

• It caused the compromise to be reached.

What was the central point of the Dred Scott decision?

• That slavery was legal only in the South.

• That the Kansas-Nebraska act was illegal.

• That states could not nullify federal laws.

• That slaves had no rights anywhere in the United States.

What event might you attend if you were an abolitionist?

• An anti-slavery rally

• A slave auction

• A states' rights convention

• A rally opposing high tariffs

What event made southern states finally decide to secede?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Dred Scott decision