Causes of the Civil War Quiz - US 2

The measure that admitted Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state, in 1820 is known as

• the Northwest Ordinance.

• the Maine Compromise.

• the Missouri Compromise.

• the Maine and Missouri Compromise

A significant result of the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848 was that the United States

• suffered a military defeat

• won control of Cuba from Spain

• acquired territory that included California, Utah and New Mexico

• freed Texas from Mexican rule

What Compromise was passed to resolve the slave issue regarding lands acquired after the Mexican American War

• Missouri Compromise

• California Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

What term of the Compromise of 1850 angered the south?

• Missouri would be a slave state

• a harsher fugitive slave law

• California would become a free state

• Texas could become a free state

What aspect of the Compromise of 1850 angered northern abolitionists?

• California entered as a slave state

• Texas entered as a slave state

• Harriet Tubman was arrested and sent to prison in the south

• A harsh fugitive slave law was enacted

Which statement is true regarding the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854?

• It allowed voters in those states to vote on the issue of slavery

• It spurred on violence in Kansas between pro and anti slavery forces

• It resulted in the creation of the Republican Party

• all of these

Why was the conflict between pro and anti slavery forces in Kansas known as Bleeding Kansas?

• radical abolitionist John Brown was murdered

• Lincoln was assassinated after making a speech in Topeka Kansas

• 100 free African American settlers were massacred

• radical abolitionist John Brown murdered several pro slavery supporters

How did the Supreme Court justify it's decision to NOT grant Dredd Scott his freedom?

• Slaves were considered property and could be taken anywhere in the country

• Wisconsin was a slave state

• the Emancipation Proclamation was declared unconstitutional

• Scott forgot to apply for freedom when he arrived in Wisconsin

Why did John Brown raid Haper's Ferry?

• to execute southern generals

• to arm slaves in a slave rebellion

• to prove to the south they could be overrun and defeated by his militia

• to prove to Lincoln he could lead an army

What event sparked the secession of southern states?

• John Brown' raid

• Lincoln's election in 1860

• Lincoln's assassination in 1865

• the overturning of the Dred Scott case