2023 Civil War Final

What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• It temporarily ended the slavery debate.

• It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.

• It led to the South seceding from the Union.

• It upset the balance of states with and without slavery.

What was the significance of the 36" 30' parallel?

• It seperated the North from the South.

• It indicated the northern border of Missouri.

• It showed the borders of the United States.

• It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.

In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?

• It created new taxes for railroad construction.

• It provided an end to the trade of enslaved people in Washington D.C.

• It included a law requiring the return of people who had escaped slavery.

• It required that the Underground Railway be disbanded.

What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• It caused enslaved people to revolt in Kentucky.

• It turned many more people against slavery.

• Congress agreed that slavery should be abolished.

• The South became more resolved to secede from the Union.

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Comprise?

• It changed the borders of Missouri.

• It required that all of Missouri be free.

• It allowed slavery in new Northern territories

• It established new interests trade rules.

Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• It led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas.

• it settled the slavery issue in Nebraska.

• It calmed the country's dispute over slavery.

• It required that the new territories would be free states.

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 American did not the right to sue in federal court

• that slavery should be abolished by executive order

What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harper's Ferry?

• To create a rebellion led by enslaved people that would bring an end to slavery

• to bring attention to the conflict between the North and South

• to bring the two sides together to form a new compromise

• to create a revolution that would lead to a war between the states

What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860?

• The nation was divided over slavery.

• Lincoln was popular throughout the nation.

• There was little supprot for abolitionists in the North.

• Southern states were eager to abolish slavery.

Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• South Carolina's shelling of

  Fort Sumter

• John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

• Preston Brooks' attack on Charles Sumner