Events that Caused the Civil War

What caused the Civil War?

• Slavery

• Agriculture

• Industry

• Sectionalism

Why did the North oppose the Mexican-American War?

• They thought the U.S. would lose.

• They didn't want the territory from Mexico

• They feared it would leave to more slave states being added to the United States.

• They were pacifists.

What does it mean to secede?

• To leave

• To join

• To help

• To harm

How did Texas feel about Secession?

• They were against leaving the U.S.

• They were in favor of leaving the U.S.

This law forced all Americans to return runaway slaves.

• Missouri Compromise

• Texas Annexation

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Return Act

Was California admitted as a Free or Slave state in the Compromise of 1850?

• Slave

• Free

How did the land gained during Manifest Destiny cause tension in the United States?

• The Congress had to determine the size of the states.

• The Congress had to determine the type of government each state would have.

• The Congress would have to design a new flag.

• The Congress had to determine whether each state would be a free or slave state.

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• To keep the balance between free and slave states by adding Missouri as a slave state and Maine is a free state.

• To add Missouri as a new state in the United States.

• To purchase the Missouri Territory.

• To add Missouri as a slave state to disrupt the balance of free and slave states.

What was the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford?

• He would be a free man.

• He couldn't sue in federal court because he was property, not a citizen.

What was John Brown trying to do by raiding the Armory at Harper's Ferry?

• To start a slave uprising

• To disarm the U.S. Army

• To take all the weapons and start a new nation.

• To take the weapons and sell them.