Sectionalism/Civil War

Which event led directly to the secession of several Southern states from the Union?

• violence in Kansas over the spread of slavery

• election of Abraham Lincoln as president

• publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

• raid by john Brown at Harper's Ferry

Which group benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

• abolitionists

• slave owners

• immigrants

• enslaved persons

Which constitutional principles was the main focus of the North-South conflicts that led to the Civil War?

• States rights

• due process of law

• separation of powers

• presidential veto power

• Publication of The Liberator
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott decision

The events listed above all contributed to the

• formation of the policy of Manifest Destiny

• outbreak of the Civil War

• passage of the Missouri Compromise

• annexation of Texas

One way in which Frederick Douglas, William Lloyd Garrison and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the

• passage of Black Codes

• nullification theory of States rights

• abolitionist movement

• plantation system in the South

Abraham Lincoln's 1858 warning that "a house divided against itself cannot stand" referred to sectional differences over the

• treatment of Native American Indians

• issue of slavery

• funding for internal improvements

• treaties with European nations

This battle was the turning point in the civil war

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

• Fort Sumter

This act allowed two states to enter the Union determined that popular sovereignty would be used to decide their statuses on slavery

• Texas Independence

• Bear Flag Revolt

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

What is the significance of the Appomattox Courthouse?

• Its the site of a major battle

• Its where the emancipation proclamation was signed

• Its where the confederacy surrendered to the Union and ended the civil war

• Its the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln

Which famous abolitionist wrote a novel exposing the evils of slavery to the world?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Harriett Beecher Stowe

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Ernest Hemingway