❗️QUIZIZZ - 019 1860 Election Crash Course

What was the main cause of the civil war?

• differing economic systems

• slavery

• state's rights

To where did many black Americans move to escape the Fugitive Slave Law?

• England

• Canada

• Northern United States

Why did Stephen Douglas want to build a transcontinental railroad?

• To improve the shipping of people and goods across the country

• All of the Above

• To help bind the country together

What was the idea of popular sovereignty?

• white male voters get to choose directly on issues

• state legislatures get to make decisions on important issues

• To win the the next Senior year Prom King election

Where were the vast majority of Republicans from?

• northern and western free states

• southern and western slave states

• eastern and western slave states

Why was it difficult for Kansas to become a state?

• Fraudulent (Cheating) voting

• Bleeding Kansas

• Charlie Chaplain

Which of the following is true of the Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision?

• There was no Constitutional basis for slavery

• Slaves were considered property of their owner, regardless of whether they were

• No official decision was made until 1894

How many Presidential candidates were running for the presidency against Lincoln?

• 4

• 3

• 1

• 4,376

Who fired the first shots of the Civil War?

• Union troops firing on Fort Meade in Philadelphia

• Confederate troops firing on Fort Sumter in South Carolina

• neither of these

The new Fugitive slave law required all white people to do what?

• Turn in slaves to authorities

• Live in a city

• Pay taxes