Causes of the U.S. Civil War

Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Hood

• Manasas

• Gettysburg

How did Nat Turner’s revolt impact the lives of African

Americans in the United States?

• It led to stricter fugitive slave laws.

• It made the Supreme Court reverse the Dred Scott

  decision.

• It led to more freedoms because people wanted to help

  out more.

• It led to widespread panic and a reduction of rights

  across the country.

Nullification means

• To support something

• To ban something

• To declare something invalid

• to make something legal

What state kept threatening to nullify federal laws

with which it disagreed?

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• South Carolina

What man led the opposition to the federal government

in South Carolina?

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

• John Calhoun

• Stephen Douglas

Who participated in a series of debates against Abraham

Lincoln for a Senate seat in Illinois?

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

• John Calhoun

• Stephen Douglas

What president changed his views on the expansion of

slavery after being elected, and then died shortly after taking office?

• Zachary Taylor

• Martin Van Buren

• Millard Fillmore

• Abe Lincoln

What political dissolved because of division over the

issue of slavery?

• Republican

• Democrat

• Whig

• Know Nothing

In what state did a “Mini-Civil War” break out over the

issue of slavery in the 1850s?

• Kansas

• Nebraska

• California

• Virginia

What senator delivered a “scandalous” speech, in which

he accused another senator of having an ugly mistress (slavery), that led to his attack by a member of the House Representatives with a cane?

• Charles Sumner

• Preston Brooks

• James Buchanan

• Millard Fillmore