Events Leading to the Civil War

The economy of the South depended largely on

• slave labor
• new inventions
• manufactoring

Which compromise allowed California to become a free state?

• Compromise of 1820

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• The Great Compromise

Under this compromise, if a slave state was added to the Union, a free state or territory must also be added. It also said slavery would not be allowed above a certain point in the country.

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

This stated that Georgia was willing to remain in the Union after the compromise of 1850 as long as the north complied with the Fugitive Slave Act

• Fugitive Slave Act
• Georgia Compromise
• Georgia Platform

Abraham Lincolns was elected president in 1860. He was

• Democrat
• Republican
• Independent

Georgia statesman Alexander Stephens _____ secession

• opposed
• favored
• called for

What does "secede" mean?

• something use to plant in the dirt
• rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
• to withdraw or break away from a nation
• the separation or isolation of a race

What was the main issue that divided the nation and helped lead to the American Civil War?

• state's rights
• slavery
• tariffs
• westward expansion

Who was the enslaved man who argued for his freedom because he used to live in a free state?

• Dred Scott
• John Brown
• Harriett Beecher Stowe
• Harriett Tubman