Causes of the Civil War Quiz

What was the main reason for the secession of Texas from the Union?

• Sectionalism

• Slavery

• Economic differences

• States' Rights

What was the impact of the Dred Scott Decision on earlier laws concerning the westward expansion of slavery?

• It declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

• It upheld the rights of African American citizens

• It allowed Congress to make decisions concerning slavery in territories

• It supported the popular sovereignty of the settlers

How did the Compromise of 1850 make the South happy and anger the North at the same time?

• It ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• It allowed California to enter the Union as a free state

• It opened the rest of the Southwest to slavery

• It included the Fugitive Slave Act

What law drew an imaginary line across the new territories in the United States, allowing freedom in the North and slavery in the South?

• Mason-Dixon Line

• 36 30 Line

• Missouri Compromise Line

• Adams-Onis Treaty Line

How did the expansion of slavery to the west cause conflict between the North and the South?

• It led to economic differences between the regions

• It upheld the rights of African American citizens

• It allowed Congress to make decisions concerning slavery in territories

• It violated the Missouri Compromise

What role did the Abolitionist Movement have in stopping the spread of slavery west?

• It upheld the rights of African American citizens

• It inspired many people to actively fight against slavery

• It supported the popular sovereignty of the settlers

• It led to the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

How did Harriet Beecher Stowe help start the Civil War?

• By leading the Abolitionist Movement

• By advocating for States' Rights

• By writing Uncle Tom's Cabin

• By supporting the popular sovereignty of the settlers

What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise on the admission of Missouri and Maine to the Union?

• It upheld the rights of African American citizens

• It allowed Missouri to enter as a free state and Maine as a slave state

• It allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• It prohibited the admission of any new states to the Union

Which side - North or South - supported States' Rights? What did they use to support their arguments?

• North, used the 10th Amendment

• South, used the 10th Amendment

• North, used the Fugitive Slave Act

• South, used the Fugitive Slave Act

What was the impact of the Mexican-American War on the westward expansion of slavery?

• It led to the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• It allowed Congress to make decisions concerning slavery in territories

• It upheld the rights of African American citizens

• It resulted in the Mexican Cession which raised the issue of slavery in new territories