Road to the Civil War QUIZ

Which section of the United States disliked tariffs (taxes on foreign imported goods)?

• The South

• The North

• The West

Favoring your region's interests above the interests of the whole nation is called...

• Socialism

• Sectionalism

• Democracy

• Regional Bias

This event canceled the Missouri Compromise.

• Dred Scott Decision

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Maine Compromise

Northerners favored tariffs because it helped their economy.

• True

• False

Who led a raid/slave revolt on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

After Uncle Tom's Cabin was published, many Americans became...

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Abolitionists

• Libertarians

Which court case stated that slaves were considered property and not citizens?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott Decision

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise added Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and banned slavery north of 36'30' line (Mason-Dixon Line).

• True

• False

After this event, the Southern States seceded (withdrew) from the Union (United States).

• Election of Abraham Lincoln

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott Decision

• Compromise of 1850

The Compromise of 1850 did the following...

• Passed the Fugitive Slave Act

• Abolished slave trade in Washington, DC

• Admitted California as a free state

• All of the answers are correct