Causes of the Civil War

This means that the people get to decide on an issue, including whether or not to allow slavery in their territory

• Abolition

• Secede

• Popular Sovereignty

• Populist

To withdraw or leave are synonyms of this word:

• Fugitive

• Secede

• Popular Sovereignty

• Compromise

This law allowed government officials to arrest anyone suspected of being a runaway slave

• Dred Scott Case

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Slave Codes

• Fugitive Slave Act

This novel explored the harsh realities of slavery and let readers see what slavery was really like

• La Amistad

• Gettysburg Address

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Emancipation Proclamation

California would enter the union as a free state and a tough new law dealing with runaway slaves was part of _______?

• Compromise of 1850

• Slave codes

• Dred Scott case

• The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere

• John Brown

• Dred Scott

• Nat Turner

• Uncle Tom

This abolitionist took part in "Bleeding Kansas" and led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• John Brown

• Dred Scott

This was the first state to secede when Abraham lincoln was elected president

• Georgia

• Missouri

• Alabama

• South Carolina

These states allowed slavery but did not secede from the Union.

• Free States

• Border States

• Slave States

• Territories

When Missouri was going to become a slave state, the North was upset because

• There would be an uneven number of slave and free states, giving the South more power in the Congress

• There would be an equal number of slave and free states, but the North wanted more power in Congress

• They wanted Missouri to be a free state