Causes of Civil War

WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO THE COMPROMISE OF 1820

• MAINE WAS A FREE STATE
• MISSOURI WAS A SLAVE STATE
• CALIFORNIA WAS A SLAVE STATE
• NO SLAVERY ABOVE 36 30 LINE

10. WHICH ACT UPSET THE BALANCE BETWEEN SLAVE AND FREE STATES?

• COMPROMISE OF 1820
• KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
• COMPROMISE OF 1850

WHICH ACT LET PEOPLE CHOOSE IF THEY WANTED SLAVERY IN NEW STATES/

• COMPROMISE OF 1820
• COMPROMISE OF 1850
• KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

WHAT POLITICAL PARTY WAS CREATED TO END SLAVERY?

• DEMOCRATIC
• REPUBLICAN
• WHIGS
• FREEDOM

THE DRED SCOTT DECISION STATED THAT ALL SLAVES WERE?

• FREE
• INDENTURED SERVANTS
• PROPERTY
• ALLOWED TO MOVE WEST

Where in South Carolina did Confederate soldiers fire on Union soldiers that began the Civil War?

• Fort McHenry

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Fort Necessity

• Fort Sumter

Who was president of the U.S. during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• James K. Polk

• Andrew Jackson

• James Buchanan

Define the meaning of States’ Rights.

• Idea that each state can make its own laws

• Idea that states can add to the Bill of Rights

• Idea that only citizens have rights in their state

• Idea that slaves will never have rights.

In 1820, the Missouri Compromise divided what territory to try to make free and slave states equal?

• Red-River Basin

• Florida

• Oregon Territory

• Louisiana Purchase

What is an abolitionist?

• People who were actively against slavery

• People who fought for women's suffrage

• People who wanted to end the sale or distribution of alcohol

• People who fought for religious freedom