Causes of the Civil War

This upset the balance between slave and free states and enacted the Fugitive Slave Law/Act.

• Missouri Compromise
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Compromise of 1850
• Dred Scot Decision

Which is a benefit for the NORTH, thanks to the Compromise of 1850?

• California was admitted to the Union

• Slave owners in Washington D.C. were able to keep their slaves.

• The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted.

• Texas eventually became a slave state.

How many political candidates were there during the election of 1860?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Which political party split during the election of 1860?

• Republicans
• Whigs
• Democrats
• Know Nothing Party

Which best explains the impact the cotton gin had on slavery?

• Slavery decreased because this machine increased production.
• Slavery increased because more slaves were needed to pick cotton.
• Slavery increased because this invention helped cotton farmers, but indigo, rice, and tobacco became major crops.
• Slavery decreased because people started to realize that they could industrialize and not use manual labor.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Doughlas, William Lloyd Garrison are examples of

• Supreme Court Justices

• abolitionists

• governors in slave states

• the other 3 presidential candidates in the election of 1860

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

Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

• slavery would be banned in all future states.

• the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

• the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

• slavery would be allowed in every future state.

Manifest Destiny was the belief that...

• It was the United States' God given right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
• Native peoples in the United States should be treated with respect.
• The United States should respect the land claims of countries.
• All people in the United States should have the right to vote.

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