Events Leading to the Civil War 2021

California was originally denied acceptance into the Union because...

• it would upset balance of slave and free states.

• was too far away from the other states.

• it would give more senators to slave states

• the Union was not accepting new states at the time.

Why did Uncle Tom's Cabin have such a large impact on abolition in the North?

• Northerners saw it as a way that they better than the South

• The book was pro-slavery and that made them mad.

• It was the first widespread description of the real horrors of slavery.

• It was written by a freed slave.

What was the result of the Missouri Compromise?

• The U.S. would use the 36th Latitude Line to decide whether states would be Free or Slave

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• Missouri becomes Slave state

• Maine becomes free state

How did anti-slavery forces respond to "Bleeding Kansas"?

• Acquiesce to the Government

• Left Kansas

• Directly attacked Government

• Boycotted Government

What was Dred Scott's reasoning behind him saying he was free?

• Master died and he did,, at one point, live where slavery was illegal.

• He was a free African American before being captured.

• He bought his freedom

• Escaped to the North and therefore immune to slavery laws.

How did proslavery forces ensure that Kansas would elect a proslavery government?

• Told the proslavery Kansans to write extra ballots

• Nearby slave states had bribed many people in Kansas to vote for proslavery

• Missourians came to Kansas to make the votes lean towards proslavery

• had burned the ballot box and replaced it with a box that had more votes towards proslavery

What was the foundation of the newly formed Republican Party?

• No man can own another man

• states rights over federal gov

• power to the people

• strong central government without states rights

Who was Charles Sumner?

• A pro-slavery Democrat

• An anti-slavery Democrat

• A pro-slavery Republican

• An anti-slavery Republican

The Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned the Missouri Compromise and the 36th parallel agreement. According to this, how would the status of a territory or state be determined?

• The 34th degree latitude instead

• Popular Sovereignty

• Congress decides

• State governments vote to decide on behalf of the people

When Lincoln became the Republican nominee what happened to the Democrats?

• split into 2 factions

• voted to secede no matter what

• split into 3 factions

• became a different political party