Review Causes of Civil War

This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?

• Uncle Bob's Stories
• Uncle Tom's Hotel
• Uncle Joe's Best Recipes
• Uncle Tom's Cabin

This person led a raid at Harper's Ferry, VA in an attempt to rob the armory and steal weapons to fight against slavery.

• Abraham Lincoln
• Nat Turner
• John Brown
• Harriet Tubman

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

• Bleeding Kansas

• Red Kansas

• Civil War I

• Missouri Compromise Conflict

Which of the following was not a part of the Compromise of 1850

• California admitted as free state

• New Mexico and Utah territories would vote on issues of slavery

• US agreed to stay out of foreign affairs

• The passing of the Fugitive Slave Law

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

• permitted, prohibited
• prohibited, permitted or allowed
• sometimes prohibited, never allowed
• cheap, expensive

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• That slavery diminished the national character.
• That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.
• That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens
• That slavery should be abolished by executive order

The Election of 1860 was won by the...

• Republican Party
• Northern Democratic Party
• Southern Democratic Party
• Constitutional Union Party

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

• end fighting between Midwestern farmers and native American Indians

• increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

• encourage manufacturing in the west

• settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

What caused Southern States to secede from the Union?

• The Election of Lincoln in 1860
• The Dred Scott Decision
• Harper's Ferry
• Bleeding Kansas