Causes of the Civil War

People who opposed slavery were known as:

• Abolitionists

• Secessionists

• Sharecroppers

• Confederates

Which of the following is a right of a state not to follow a federal law?

• Nullification

• Abolitionism

• Secession

• Segregation

The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states:

• Compromise of 1850

• Georgia Platform

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

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

A southern politician who believed in the doctrine of nullification would have been most supportive of

• States’ rights.

• Crop diversification.

• Abolition

• A strong federal government.

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.

Who was a violent opponent of slavery?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

• John C Calhoun

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that

• slaves could never become citizens

• Dred Scott must be freed

• black people were property

• human beings were not property

​ (a)   was the first state to vote to secede from the Union.

• South Carolina
• Georgia
• New York
• Tennessee