The Road to The Civil War

The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 both dealt with what controversy?

• Ending the Mexican American War

• The expansion of slavery in western territory

• The power of Congress to allow or outlaw slavery

• The admittance of Maine as a free state.

What issue led Northern Democrats and Whigs to create the Republican Party?

• The secession of southern states.

• The Dred Scott decision.

• Support for the expansion of slavery.

• Support against the expansion of Slavery.

What were the results of the Missouri Compromise? Select all that apply.

• Missouri was admitted as a slave state

• The Fugitive Slave Law was Weakened

• Slavery was prohibited north of the Missouri Compromise line (except Missouri)

• Maine was admitted as a free state

What event led to the formation of the Republican Party?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Dred Scott Decision

• The Compromise of 1850

Southerners argued that popular sovereignty should settle the issue of slavery in new territories. What is popular sovereignty?

• Absolute Congressional power

• Presidential Authority

• Authority through the consent of voters

• Authority through judicial decision

The period before the Civil War was marked by great sectionalism. What is sectionalism?

• Interests restricted to specific regions with disregard for overall well-being

• A feeling of political unanimity

• Fears regarding economic unrest

• The inability to communicate effectively

Select all that apply. The Dred Scott Decision held that:

• Black Americans were not U.S. citizens

• Congress had no right to restrict slavery in territories

• The fugitive slave act was unconstitutional

• Congress had no right to restrict the property rights of slaveowners

What was a result of allowing popular sovereignty to settle the issue of slavery in Kansas Territory? Select all that apply.

• Native Americans were massacred as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• People rushed in from North and South to stuff ballot boxes.

• The transcontinental railroad took a southerly route.

• Conflict between anti-slavery and pro-slavery factions led to violence

Why did Abraham Lincoln call Uncle Tom's Cabin the book that started the Civil War?

• The book supported slavery, deepening North and South divisions.

• The book provided an argument against the Dred Scott case.

• The book helped stir more widespread antislavery feelings.

• The book argued that the Kansas-Nebraska Act was wrong.

The expansion of slavery westward and the admittance of new states led to what concern?

• The ability of the Supreme Court to remain objective

• Congress could become too large.

• An imbalance of slave and free states in Congress.

• California was too isolated.