Events Leading to the Civil War Review

Who was elected President in 1860?

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Bell

• John Breckinridge

This law required the return of runaway slaves even in free states and affected free African-Americans as well.

• Runaway and Return Act

• Underground Railroad Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Southern Slave Act

Which region had an economy primarily based on agriculture and slave labor.

• North

• South

• West

Which of the following was NOT an event that caused division between the North and South?

• Wilmot Proviso

• Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Indian Removal Act

This individual sued his slave owner for his freedom but lost his case as was declared a slave for life.

• Frederick Douglass

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Dred Scott

• Hiram Rhodes Revels

"People can now vote on slavery! There has been so much fighting and bloodshed lately!" Which act/event is best described by this statement?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

• Wilmot Proviso

This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe brought awareness to slavery and helped increase abolition.

• The Underground Railroad

• The Scarlet Letter

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Which two states were added as a result of a compromise passed in 1820?

• Kansas and Nebraska

• California and Nebraska

• Kansas and Missouri

• Missouri and Maine

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court...

• avoided controversy by ruling that Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court.

• ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so.

• ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.

• ruled that a slave that had been transported to a free state or territory was a free citizen of the Untied States.

An abolitionist supported which of the following causes?

• outlawing alcohol

• limiting slavery to southern states

• ending slavery

• ending women's suffrage