Road to Civil War (1850)

Which is included in the Mexican cession?

• California

• New York

• Oregon

• Louisiana

What led to the start of 'Bleeding Kansas'?

• the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• dispute over the extension of slavery into the west

• the Dred Scott decision

• the election of Lincoln as president

Which of the following books increased antislavery feeling in the North/free states?

• The Impending Crisis

• The Appeal

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Scarlet Letter

Which was part of the 1850 Compromise?

• slavery would be allowed in all the Mexican cession EXCEPT California

• slavery would be abolished in Washington, DC

• New Mexico and Utah settlers would decide the issue of slavery based on popular sovereignty

• import tariffs would be prohibited

Which court decision declared that the national government could not limit the spread of slavery?

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Gibbons v. Ogden

Which party was formed in the mid-1850s in opposition to the expansion of slavery outside the South?

• Democratic

• Republican

• Whig

• Federalist

Which was a result of the election of 1860? (check all that apply)

• Lincoln was elected president

• the passage of the Crittenden Compromise

• seven slave states seceded (broke away) and formed the Confederacy

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the settlers of Kansas and Nebraska to determine the status of what within their borders?

• tariffs

• slavery

• industry

• immigrants

Which event is illustrated in the picture?

• American Revolution

• The Mexican War

• The Civil War

• The Spanish-American War