Road to Civil War (SS Weekly Gr. 5 Wk. 27-28)

Why did Congress continue to make compromises?

• They wanted to avoid war.

• Nebraska didn't like Kansas.

• Missouri wanted to be a state.

• The country was too big.

Which compromise allowed Missouri to be a slave state and Maine to be a free state?

• The Missouri-Maine Act

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

What did the Southern states plan to do if Lincoln was elected?

• Throw a party

• Support Lincoln

• Free all enslaved people

• Leave the Union

Who said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand?"

• Abram

• Lee

• Lincoln

• Harper

What does "Secession" mean?

• Leaving the Union

• Supporting a president

• Raising the dead

• Winning a war

What did the Southern states call their new country?

• The Southern Americans

• The Southern States

• The United Confederates

• The Confederate States of America

What line is considered the border between the North and the South?

• The Mason-Dixon Line

• The Macie-Dixie Line

• The Max-Dye Line

• The Mast-Dost Line

What started the Civil War?

• Lincoln became president

• California became a state

• South Carolina left the Union

• The South fired on Ft. Sumter

What does "Civil War" mean?

• A brother fighting against a sister

• A country fighting against itself

• Parents fighting against their children

• The president fighting his citizens

What was the first state to leave the Union?

• North Dakota

• South Dakota

• South Carolina

• North Carolina