Civil War Quiz Review

Which president passed the Compromise of 1850?

• Millard Fillmore

• Franklin Pierce

• William Henry Harrison

• Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following was NOT a term of the Compromise of 1850?

• California was added as a free state

• The trading of slaves was outlawed

• The Fugitive Slave Act was passed

• Washington DC is added as a slave state

The ________ allowed slave catchers from the South to travel to the North to pursue their escaped slaves.

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

This term means that new territories would vote on whether or not they would become a free state or a slave state.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Voting Rights

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

Which "band-aid" drew a line across the United States and stated that any state above would be free and below would be slave?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Popular Sovereignty

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

___________ passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

The Missouri Compromise ruined which man's presidency?

• Franklin Pierce

• Abraham Lincoln

• Millard Fillmore

• None of these are correct

What was the Bleeding Kansas Crisis?

Which man gave a speech attacking the South for slavery and then got beat with a cane?

• Preston Brooks

• Charles Sumner

Which man rushed to the Senate floor to beat up another Congressman after listening to an anti-slavery speech?

• Charles Sumner

• Preston Brooks