Antebellum Period and Causes of the Civil War

The institution of (a)   divided the U.S. from the nation’s beginning.

Which document contained the 3/5th Compromise?

• The Gettysburg Address

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Declaration of Indepedence

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

What party was founded as an anti-slavery party?

• Republican
• Democratic

• Whig

• Federalist

What was created to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?

• The Maine Compromise of 1821

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Great Compromise of 1787

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

The _______ ______ v. Sandford 1857 decision ruled that African Americans were not and could not be citizens.

(a)  

What name was given to a person who worked to get rid of slavery?

• Abolitionist

• Anti-Slavery

• Activist

• Protestor

Abraham Lincoln believed that a house (a)   against itself could not stand.

What was the best hope for slaves trying to escape to the North?

• Harper's Ferry

• The Mason-Dixon Trail

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Underground Railroad

The Fugitive (a)   Act of 1850 provided for the capture and return of escaped enslaved persons to their owners.

What is the time called between the beginning of the U.S. government and the outbreak of the American Civil War?

• Antebellum Period

• Before the War Decade

• The Pre-Civil War Era

• The Great Awakening