Causes of the Civil War

How did the U.S. acquire California, New Mexico, and Utah?

• War of 1812

• Mexican War

• Civil War

• Spanish-American War

What argument erupted in Congress after the acquisition of lands from Mexico?

• Would they allow Catholics

• Would they allow Mexicans

• Would they allow mining and railroad construction

• would they allow slavery

Which of the following was/were considered to be states' rights?

• free speech

• freedom of religion

• nullification and secession

• jury trial and privacy in your home

What did nullification mean?

• Supreme Court can strike down a federal law as unconstitutional

• the President can strike down a federal law as unconstitutional

• A state can strike down a federal law as unconstitutional

• all laws created by Congress are automatically Constitutional

What is popular sovereignty?

• one person rules

• majority rules

• Supreme Court rules

• a king or queen rules

What was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• California is a free state

• Utah and New Mexico Territories would automatically allow for slavery

• the slave trade was banned in Washington, D.C.

What did a Free Soiler believe?

• no slavery anywhere

• slavery in the North only

• no slavery in the western territories

• no slavery in the South

What did the Georgia Platform support?

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Wilmot Proviso

What part of the Compromise of 1850 was the Georgia Platform in support of?

• California is a free state

• No slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• Fugitive Slave Act

• popular sovereignty in Kansas

What law allowed for popular sovereignty north of the Missouri Compromise line?

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Tariff Act of 1832