Events That Led to the Civil War

What was the Compromise of 1850?

• A package of legislation that resolved disputes over whether western land should become free or slave territory

• A law that allowed local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners

• A novel that depicted the brutality of slavery and intensified the differences between the North and South

• A conflict in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• A package of legislation that resolved disputes over whether western land should become free or slave territory

• A law that allowed local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners

• A novel that depicted the brutality of slavery and intensified the differences between the North and South

• A conflict in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists

What was the significance of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'?

• A package of legislation that resolved disputes over whether western land should become free or slave territory

• A law that allowed local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners

• A novel that depicted the brutality of slavery and intensified the differences between the North and South

• A conflict in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• A package of legislation that resolved disputes over whether western land should become free or slave territory

• A law that allowed local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners

• A novel that depicted the brutality of slavery and intensified the differences between the North and South

• A conflict in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists

What was the Dred Scott Decision?

• A package of legislation that resolved disputes over whether western land should become free or slave territory

• A law that allowed local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners

• A novel that depicted the brutality of slavery and intensified the differences between the North and South

• A court decision that denied Dred Scott's freedom and upheld the view of Black people as property

What was the outcome of the Election of 1860?

• A package of legislation that resolved disputes over whether western land should become free or slave territory

• A law that allowed local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners

• A novel that depicted the brutality of slavery and intensified the differences between the North and South

• The election of Abraham Lincoln as President, which further divided the North and South

What was the Formation of the Confederacy?

• A package of legislation that resolved disputes over whether western land should become free or slave territory

• A law that allowed local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners

• A novel that depicted the brutality of slavery and intensified the differences between the North and South

• The establishment of a separate government by southern states that seceded from the Union

What were the conflicting viewpoints between the North and South before the Civil War?

• The North supported industrialization while the South relied on slavery for its agricultural economy

• The North and South both supported slavery as a justifiable social and political institution

• The North and South both gradually passed laws freeing enslaved people

• The North and South both sought to balance the number of new free and slave states

What contributed to the origins of the Civil War?

• A series of events including political, economic, social, and cultural factors

• A series of military conflicts between the North and South

• A series of compromises between the North and South

• A series of protests and demonstrations against slavery

Secession can be defined as

• adding to a country
• withdrawing from the union
• freedom for slaves