Causes of the Civil War

Which of the following best describes John Brown?

• radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

• a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence

• a pro-slavery Senator

• a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• the expansion of slavery
• the building of railroads 
• the provision of women's suffrage
• support for the homesteading 

This was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery. 

• Harriet's Cabin
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Slavery 
• State's Rights

Which does not belong to the Missouri Compromise?

• Maine was a free state

• Missouri was a slave state

• California was a free state

• Mason Dixon Line

Abolitionist who raided the Harper's Ferry arsenal in 1859 to arm slaves to revolt.

• Harriet Tubman
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• John Brown
• William Lloyd Garrison

The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...

• Freedom Act.

• Emancipation Act.

• Slaveowners Act.

• Fugitive Slave Act.

Which was not true of the new Fugitive Slave Act?

• Required policemen to arrest suspected runaways.

• Punished those aiding runaway slaves with prison and a large fine.

• Popular in the North.

• Kept suspected slaves from testifying on their own behalf.

This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

• Bleeding Kansas

• Red Kansas

• Civil War I

• Missouri Compromise Conflict

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• That slavery diminished the national character.
• That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.
• That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens
• That slavery should be abolished by executive order