9.1 Road to Civil War

Government officials could arrest anyone suspected of being a runaway slave because of this law.

• Dred Scott case

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Slave Codes

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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

• La Amistad

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Gettysburg Address

• Slave codes

This means to leave or withdraw, and is what South Carolina did in 1860.

• Fugitive

• Secede

• Popular sovereignty

• Compromise

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

He was a radical abolitionist, took part in "Bleeding Kansas", and led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA.

• Dred Scott

• Jefferson Davis

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

_____ was the first state to secede when Abraham Lincoln was elected president.

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Missouri

• Alabama

In the ____ ____ ____, the Supreme Court ruled that slavery could not be outlawed in the territories and African Americans were not citizens.

• Dred Scott decision

• Lincoln-Douglas debates

• Harper's Ferry raid

Which of the following statements accurately describes the effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? 

• Arguments about slavery always ended peacefully.

• All Americans were willing to compromise about slavery.

• Most Northerners thought only Congress should deal with slavery.

• Some Americans resorted to violence when dealing with the issue of slavery.

Skilled and experienced military leaders when the war began.

• Union advantage

• Confederate advantage

• Union disadvantage

• Confederate disadvantage

Fighting on unfamiliar territory as most of the battles were fought in the south.

• Union advantage

• Confederate advantage

• Union disadvantage

• Confederate disadvantage