Causes of Civil War

Why was the Compromise of 1850 needed? (check ALL boxes that are correct)

• to keep the country together (keep the south from seceding)
• to settle the problem of slavery in the Florida Territory
• to make Henry Clay famous
• to keep the West from losing power in the Senate

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require people to do?

• help catch and return runaway slaves to their owners
• help runaway slaves escape from their owners
• help slave owners sell their slaves in Florida
• help police arrest any slave hunters who came into free states

How did the book Uncle Tom's Cabin cause trouble between the North and South?

• it caused many northerners began to think about and oppose slavery
• it caused southerners to grow angry and fearful that Congress might limit slavery
• it reopened the debate about slavery in the U.S.
• all of the above

What happened in Kansas Territory as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• the Indians were defeated in a war
• settlers attacked & fought each other over the slavery issue
• Lincoln was elected to the legislature
• slavery supporters compromised with the abolitionists and made peace

What did the Supreme Court say about slavery in the territories in the Dred Scott Decision?

• slavery was illegal and could not spread to the territories
• Dred Scott was free and he could move to the territories if he chose to
• Congress could not outlaw slavery in the territories (Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional)
• all of the above

How did Abraham Lincoln feel about slavery spreading into the territories?

• he had no opinion about it one way or another
• he did not want slavery to spread into the territories
• he was an abolitionist who wanted to end slavery everywhere
• he supported slavery & wanted slavery to spread into the territories

How did John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry cause trouble between the North and South? (check ALL boxes that are correct)

• it made southerners fearful of more slave revolts
• some southerners began to talk of seceding to protect themselves
• some northerners called John Brown and hero and martyr
• Lincoln supported Brown's attack and that angered northerners

Who won the 1860 presidential election?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen Douglas
• John C. Breckinridge
• John Bell

What caused South Carolina and other states to secede from the Union after the election of 1860?

• Bell won and they feared he would end slavery
• they wanted Douglas to win and felt the election was unfair
• Lincoln won and they feared he would end or limit slavery
• all of the above

What was the main purpose of the Underground Railroad during the slavery era?

• To transport goods and services

• To help slaves escape to free states and Canada

• To promote the spread of slavery

• To transport slaves from one plantation to another