8-3.4 Causes of the Civil War

How did John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry further increase sectionalism in the southern states?

• Southerners encouraged John Brown's pro-slavery actions and supported his raid.

• Southerners feared that abolitionists and freed slaves were a danger to them.

• Northerners claimed Brown's actions violated the Dred Scott decision.

• Northerners were shocked by the violence of Brown's raid and demanded his execution.

What was South Carolina's reaction to the election of Abraham Lincoln?

• They gave him the name "Honest Abe".

• There were calls for Secession.

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• The Dred Scott Decision.

What was the result of the Mexican-American War?

• United States becomes a vassal of Mexico.

• United States acquired land from Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

• Free States expanded and ended slavery in the U.S.A.

• United States, Mexico, and Canada agree to NAFTA.

"I hold that...the Constitution (states), the union of these States is (forever)....It follows....that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union"

Abraham Lincoln is referring to what theory?

• Theory of Gravity.

• Theory of Abolition.

• Theory of Secession.

• Theory of Protective Tariffs.

Bleeding Kansas was ________

• a radical abolitionist political party

• a conflict between Pro-Slavery and Anti-Slavery elements over the state of slavery in Kansas

• a Supreme Court decision to cattle butchering in Kansas

• a decision to send Native Americans to the New Mexico desert, many died in Kansas

Which of the following was repealed by allowing popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska?

• Compromise of 1850.

• Fugitive Slave Law.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• Missouri Compromise.

What was a result of the Dred Scott decision?

• It counted slaves as three-fifths of a person.

• It caused an imbalance in representation in Congress.

• It nullified popular sovereignty.

• Slaves were property, and could be taken anywhere, even free states.

According to John C. Calhoun, what do states have a right to do?

• Secede from the U.S.A.

• Create treaties with foreign countries.

• Create its own military.

• Nullify a federal law they believe is unconstitutional.

Which of the following was a result of the admission of Maine and Missouri as states in the Missouri Compromise?

• The balance of power between free and slave states was maintained.

• The doctrine of popular sovereignty was applied.

• Congressional leadership shifted to the Southern states.

• More free states than slave states would exist.

Why did South Carolina oppose a protective tariff?

• Protective tariffs raised export taxes on foreign goods.

• Protective tariffs would cause manufactured goods to be more expensive.

• Protective tariffs increased the need for imported goods.

• Protective tariffs would cause Northern industries to suffer.