Chapter 16: Toward the Civil War

The Missouri Compromise was a balance system of ______________ states to _______________ states.

• open; close

• north; south

• slave; free

• democratic; republican

The Dred Scott was a major case that went before the Supreme Court due to Dred Scott seeking to gain

• his children back

• his freedom

• his voting rights

The Lincoln-Douglas debates started due to a major issue over_____________

• Missouri compromise

• equal rights

• slavery

• prohibition

The Fugitive Slave Act made it legal to capture slaves who were running towards a free state.

• False

• True

• False

The Dred Scott case was one of the sparks that lead to the Civil War.

• True

• False

Which term matches the definition:

to limit or to control

• rigid

• secede

• regulate

• network

Which term matches the definition:

to leave the Union

• border ruffian

• secede

• martyr

• network

Which term matches the definition:

to be firm

• civil war

• network

• regulate

• rigid

Which term matches the definition:

a interconnected system

• martyr

• civil war

• network

• border ruffian

Which term matches the definition:

a war between people from the same country

• rigid

• secede

• civil war

• regulate