Causes of the Civil War

Southerners used this theory to justify secession.

• transcendentalism

• states' rights

• free enterprise

• utopianism

Who was Dred Scott?

• the first slave to join the Union army

• a slave who sued for his freedom

• a slave killed during John Brown's raid

• the slave who inspired Uncle Tom's Cabin

Who was elected president of the United States in 1860?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

Which of the following prompted South Carolina to secede from the Union?

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• the Dred Scott decision

• the Compromise of 1850

Regional differences between the North, South, and West led to an increase in

• Transcendentalism

• Republicanism

• Sectionalism

• Utopianism

Which of the following (2) were included in the Compromise of 1850?

• The slave trade was banned in Washington, D.C.

• California entered the Union as a free state.

• Fugitive slaves were allowed to testify in court.

• Slave children were allowed to attend school.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers to vote on the issue of slavery. This was called -

• checks and balances

• nullification

• popular sovereignty

• mercantilism

Large plantations produced cash crops with slave labor

Which region does this statement best describe?

• North

• South

• West

To break away from the Union -

• elevate

• compromise

• nullify

• secede

Used to recapture runaway slaves

Angered Northerners who could be jailed or fined for helping runaway slaves

• Nullification Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise