The Path to the Civil War Quiz

What was a significant aspect of the Compromise of 1850?

• Eliminating the Missouri Compromise

• Enhancing the Fugitive Slave Law

• Prohibiting the slave trade in California

• Recognizing Texas as a free state

Who brokered the Compromise of 1850?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Daniel Webster

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act propose?

• Abolishing slavery in Kansas and Nebraska

• Introducing popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska

• Expanding the Missouri Compromise to include Kansas and Nebraska

• Strengthening the Fugitive Slave Law in Kansas and Nebraska

What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• It was banned in the North

• It supported the Fugitive Slave Law

• It heightened northern support for abolition

• It advocated for the expansion of slavery

What was the ruling of the Dred Scott Decision?

• Black people are citizens and can sue in federal courts

• Black people are not citizens and can't sue in federal courts

• Slaves can gain freedom by residing in free territories

• Slavery is abolished in all territories

What was John Brown's goal in the raid on Harper's Ferry?

• To support the expansion of slavery

• To start an armed slave revolt

• To promote peaceful coexistence between North and South

• To negotiate a compromise with the South

Why did the South want to leave the Union after Lincoln's election?

• To promote economic growth

• To protect the institution of slavery

• To gain independence from the federal government

• To form a stronger alliance with the North

What was the outcome of South Carolina's vote in December 1860?

• They voted to remain in the Union

• They voted to secede from the Union

• They voted to abolish slavery

• They voted to join the Confederacy