Causes of the Civil War

Who threatened to leave the Union after President Lincoln was elected?

• Southern States

• Northern States

• Hawaii

• Great Britain

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

Citizens could be jailed or fined for helping runaway slaves because of the

• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Democrat Party
• Election of 1852

The result of the Dred Scott decision was that (select all correct answers)

• slaves are property, not citizens

• slaves are free if living in a free state

• slavery can be outlawed in the territories

• slavery can spread anywhere (North or South)

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

Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

• slavery would be banned in all future states.

• the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

• the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

• slavery would be allowed in every future state.

How was Frederick Douglass different from many other slaves of his time?

• Douglass did not support the antislavery movement in the United States.

• Douglass was well educated and had published narratives about his life.

• Douglass won his freedom after he petitioned the Supreme Court.

• Douglass was able to gain the respect of southerners for his abolitionist work.

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

What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• the expansion of slavery
• the building of railroads 
• the provision of women's suffrage
• support for the homesteading