Causes of the Civil War

Which Act stated each time a state is added to the United States there must be another to keep the balance between North and South.

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Fugitive Slave Act was a piece of legislation that was a part of the Compromise of 1850?

• True

• False

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a(n) __________ novel that created _________ between the North and the South

• abolitionist, peace

• abolitionist, violence

• pro-slavery, peace

• pro-slavery, violence

Which of the following describes repeated outbreaks of guerilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups?

• John Brown & Harpers Ferry

• Bleeding Kansas

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise

Who led the attack against Harpers Ferry?

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• John Harper

What year did Abraham Lincoln win the election?

• 1876

• 1860

• 1880

• 1856

What party did Abraham Lincoln run under?

• Republican

• Democrat

• Whig

• Know-Nothing

"Loyalty to one's own specific region rather than to the country as a whole" is known as what?

• State's Rights

• The Civil War

• Sectionalism

• Nationalism

Territorial Expansion in the US during the 1800s describes the United States colonizing other countries

• True

• False

Which event do you think was the biggest division between the North and the South?