Causes of the Civil War

What was the Main cause of the Civil War

• Slavery

• Greed

• Selfish

• Northern

What do you call a person who was opposed to slavery and worked toward ending it?

• Fugitive

• Abolitionist

• Secessionist

• Whig

To withdraw or leave are synonyms of this word:

• Fugitive

• Secede

• Popular sovereignty

• Compromise

Runaway slaves used the ______ to escape to the North and freedom.

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Underground Railroad

• Escaped Slave Expressway

• The Ohio River

This slave led a rebellion in Virginia that killed at least 55 people

• Gabriel

• Denmark Vesey

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

This law allowed government officials to arrest anyone suspected of being a runaway slave

• Dred Scott case

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Slave codes

• The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

This novel explored the harsh realities of slavery and let readers see what slavery was really like

• La Amistad

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Gettysburg Address

• Slave codes

The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere

• Uncle Tom

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

• Dred Scott

This was the first state to secede when Abraham lincoln was elected president

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Missouri

• Alabama

Soldiers for the North wore ______, soldiers for the South wore ________.

• Gray, blue

• Red, blue

• Blue, gray

• Blue, red