Causes of the Civil War

Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry trying to start a slave rebellion?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Brown

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Abraham Lincoln

How did the North and the South differ on their views regarding slavery?

• The south believed they could do without slavery, but did not know how to do it. The north thought slavery was wrong for moral reasons.

• The north believed slavery was wrong for moral reasons, and the south believed they needed slavery for their economy

• The south believed slavery was wrong for moral reasons, and the north believed they needed slavery for their economy.

• The both thought the same thing, slavery was not good, but necessary.

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 received the most support from Southern plantation owners?

• the use of popular sovereignty to determine the issue of slavery in new territories

• the admission of California to the Union as a free state

• the end of slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• the passage of a strict fugitive slave law

People who opposed slavery were known as:

• Abolitionists

• Secessionists

• Sharecroppers

• Confederates

What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe?

• The right of the states to vote on laws

• Abolitionism

• The right of the federal government to nullify laws

• The vote to end the Civil War

Which law allowed popular sovereignty in several U.S. territories?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Georgia Platform

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

In what way is the Kansas-Nebraska Act similar to both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

• Each decided the legality of slavery in new states.

• Each was concerned with religion.

• Each was written to end the Civil War.

• Each was written by Alexander Stephens.

Which statement describes the outcome of the Dred Scott case?

• The U.S. Supreme Court decided against Scott.

• The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the Missouri Supreme Court.

• The Georgia court system changed the laws of Missouri.

• Missouri granted Scott the right to be free.

Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860. He was a

• Republican

• Democrat

• Confederate

• Independent

Southerners’ belief that states should have higher authority than the federal government was called:

• States’ rights

• National rights

• Confederate rights

• Popular sovereignty