Road to the Civil War

People who were against slavery were called

• secessionists

• abolitionists

• unionists

When Missouri was going to become a slave state, the North was upset because

• There would be an uneven number of slave and free states, giving the South more power in the Congress

• There would be an equal number of slave and free states, but the North wanted more power in Congress

• They wanted Missouri to be a free state

The Missouri Compromise...

• Allowed states to choose if they wanted to be a free or slave state

• Allowed Missouri to enter as a FREE state and Maine as a SLAVE state, and any new state North of the Missouri Compromise Line would allow slaves, and South would be a free state

• Allowed Missouri to enter as a SLAVE state and Maine as a FREE state, and any new state North of the Missouri Compromise Line would be free, and South would be a slave state

The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise by saying

• The government would decide if the new state is a free state or slave state

• Any new state can decide to be a free or slave state

• Any new state North of the Missouri Compromise would be free, and South would be a slave state

In the Dred Scott Decision,

• The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were property, not citizens

• The Supreme Court ruled that any person born in the US is a citizen

• The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans are only slaves if they live in the South

The man who ran against Abraham Lincoln to become President was

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Jefferson Davis

• Zachary Taylor

In 1850, the government passed a law called the Fugitive Slave Law which

• Allowed runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad to become free once in the Northern states

• Southerners thought it was not as strict as the original Fugitive Slave Law

• Made federal marshals assist in recapturing runaways, and said that anyone helping a runaway would be fined and imprisoned

Uncle Tom’s Cabin was an important book because

• The story was about the many reasons why the South should secede from the Union

• The story allowed people to see slaves as real people being treated with cruelty

• The story talked about ways slaves can escape on the Underground Railroad

After Lincoln was elected President __________________________ was the first state to secede from the Union

• Virginia

• Tennessee

• South Carolina

When Lincoln first became President,

• He had no plans to abolish slavery but promised no slavery in new territories

• He wanted to get rid of slavery everywhere

• He wanted the South the secede from the Union so they become their own country