Antebellum-Steps Leading to the Civil War

Use your Introduction to the Civil War: 1861-1865 document to identify states that were part of the Union(North).

• Texas

• Vermont

• New Jersey

• New York

Use your Introduction to the Civil War: 1861-1865 document to identify states that were a part of the South(Confederacy).

• Georgia

• Florida

• Illinois

• South Carolina

The Compromise of 1850 ended slave trading in ______________ ____

• Washington D.C.

• Oregon

• Missouri

• California

Which of the following was a benefit for the North according to the terms of the Compromise of 1850.

• District of Columbia could keep the slaves they already had

• Runaway slaves to the North had to be returned back to their owners

• the Fugitive Slave Act was abandoned

• California was admitted as a free state

Which of the following was a benefit for the South according to the terms of the Compromise of 1850.

• Creation of the Fugitive Slave Act

• California admitted as a free state

• Slave trading ended in the District of Columbia

• Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act

When California applied to receive statehood in late 1849, how many free and slave states were there?

• 15 of each

• 10 of each

• 12 free and 11 slave

• 12 slave and 11 free

Henry ________ was known as "The Great Compromiser" because of helping author the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.

• Clay

• Douglas

• Lincoln

• James

One of the issues that the Compromise of 1850 addressed was that with the admission of California as a free state, this would create an imbalance of power in ____________.

• Congress

• Supreme Court

• Popular Sovereignty

• U.S. Territories

By 1860, ___________ accounted for 50% of the U.S. exports.

• cotton

• rice

• silk

• steel

Click all of the following that helped lead the U.S. closer to the Civil War.

• Nullification Crisis

• States' Rights

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Attack on Pearl Harbor