Causes of the Civil War Review

Which states entered the Union under the Missouri Compromise?

• Slave - Missouri, Free - Maine

• Slave - Texas, Free - Pennsylvania

• Slave - Georgia, Free - Massachusetts

• Slave - Alabama, Free - Missouri

Under the Compromise of 1850, which image best represents how the territories of Utah and New Mexico would decide if they were going to be slave states or free states?

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Which of the following statements about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is true?

• Slaves who ran away before the law were still free.

• The law required citizens to assist with the capture of runaway slaves.

• It lead to a decrease in the use of the Underground Railroad.

• It was accepted by the northern states and the abolitionists.

Which option best describes the impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• The novel showed the brutality of slavery and changed people's minds on slavery.

• It had no impact.

• The South became very anti-slavery.

• The Civil War started immediately after the publication of the book.

Which previously passed law was undone by the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Northwest Ordinance

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

Bleeding Kansas was...

• The disagreement between pro-slavery and anti-slavery people in Kansas

• A horrible accident in Kansas

• A dispute between Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled...

• That African American rights were protected in the Constitution and Scott was free.

• That slavery should be abolished.

• That Dred Scott was free because he lived in a free state.

• That Scott and other enslaved people did not have the right to sue for freedom because they were not U.S. citizens.

What did John Brown hope to achieve in the raid on Harpers Ferry?

• He hoped to arm slaves so they could fight back.

• He hoped to start a revolt among slaves.

• He hoped to end slavery in the South.

• All of the options.

What was the results of the Election of 1860?

• Lincoln won and South Carolina seceded from the Union.

• Douglas won and the country stayed unified.

• Lincoln won and the country stayed unified.

• Lincoln won and New York seceded from the Union.

This man tried to arm slaves by raiding the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, who is he?

• Fredrick Douglass

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

• Stephen Douglas