Causes of the Civil War

People who were against slavery were called

• Seccessionists

• Unionists

• Abolitionists

Who was known as “Moses” on the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojouner Truth

The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise by saying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 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

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

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

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 talked about ways slaves can escape on the Underground Railroad

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

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

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Tennessee

Who was the abolitionist that fought in Kansas against pro-slavery supporters and lead the raid at Harper's Ferry?

• John Adams

• John Brown

• Charlie Brown

California became a free state, a stronger fugitive slave act was created, and popular sovereignty was introduced in the controversial....

• Missouri Compromise of 1820.

• Compromise of 1850

• 3/5ths Compromise.

Who was the President of the United States when the South seceded, who guided the U.S. to victory in the Civil War and ended slavery?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Herman Biedenharn

• Jefferson Davis

• John C. Calhoun

The right of the people to choose their own destiny through the vote is called....

• Popular Sovereignty

• Suffrage

• Antebellum

• Abolition