Causes of the Civil War

What was the action of leaving the Union of the United States called?

• leaving

• secession

• success

• dissolvement

How did Uncle Tom's Cabin help abolitionists?

• All profits went to their treasury.

• It portrayed them as rescuers in the book.

• It raised awareness of enslaved people's lives.

• It was a call to action for their cause.

Robert E. Lee was __________________.

• the leader of the Union Army

• From Ohio

• the leader of the Confederate Army

• President of the United States

Why was the Missouri Compromise of 1820 important?

• It caused conflict between all of the states.

• It created a balance of free versus slave states.

• It created an imbalance of free versus slave states.

• It legalized slavery in all new territories.

Who were the "passengers" on the Underground Railroad?

• Quakers

• enslavers

• people from the North

• freedom-seeking enslaved people

Why does Breckinridge not return to the United States after the Civil War, until President Andrew Johnson pardoned the Confederates?

• He had joined the Confederate Army.

• He joined the Union Army.

• He moved to England.

• He became the vice-president.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow?

• Congress to decide about legalized slavery.

• Slavery in the new territories.

• No slavery in the new territories.

• The people get to vote for or against legalized slavery.

Harriett Tubman was a conductor on ______________.

• The Underground Railroad

• The Freedom Express Train

• The Passage to Freedom Trail

• The Pennsylvania Railroad

When some southern states seceded from the Union, who was the President of the new country, the Confederate States of America?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Jefferson Davis

• Carl Davis

• David Jefferson

Why was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case disappointing to African Americans?

• They said enslaved people were citizens.

• They said enslaved people should not be in court.

• They said enslaved people were property, not citizens.

• They said enslaved people had rights and liberty.