The Civil War - Unit 7

What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• To demand the return of fugitive slaves to their owners

• To decide on the legality of slavery through popular sovereignty

• To admit California as a free state

• To maintain the balance of slave and free states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

What did the Compromise of 1850 include?

• The admission of Missouri as a slave state

• The admission of California as a free state and the implementation of the Fugitive Slave Act

• The prohibition of slavery in territories acquired from Mexico

• The election of Abraham Lincoln as President

What was the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• It was a successful proposal to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico

• It admitted Kansas as a free state and Nebraska as a slave state

• It allowed for popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska

• It resulted in the immediate end of slavery in both territories

What was the outcome of the Dred Scott v. Sandford case?

• Slaves were granted citizenship and the right to sue

• Slavery was abolished in all territories

• Enslaved people were not considered citizens and could not sue in federal court

• The Missouri Compromise was reinstated

What was Abraham Lincoln's stance on slavery during the 1858 senatorial campaign?

• He supported the expansion of slavery into new territories

• He opposed slavery where it existed and sought its immediate abolition

• He opposed the spread of slavery into new territories but did not oppose it where it already existed

• He was indifferent to the issue of slavery

What triggered the start of the Civil War?

• Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter in 1861

• The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860

• The signing of the Compromise of 1850

• The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• A law that banned slavery in all new territories

• A law that required all escaped slaves to be returned to their owners, even if found in a free state

• A law that made slavery illegal in the northern states

• A law that allowed slaves to sue for their freedom

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to?

• The abolition of the Fugitive Slave Act

• Violent conflicts known as 'Bleeding Kansas'

• The immediate admission of Kansas and Nebraska as free states

• The peaceful resolution of the slavery issue

What was the result of the Election of 1860?

• The Missouri Compromise was reinstated

• Slavery was immediately abolished in all states

• Abraham Lincoln won without receiving any Southern Electoral Votes

• The Democratic Party won with a unified vote

What was the immediate consequence of Lincoln's election?

• The Fugitive Slave Act was repealed

• South Carolina and six other Southern States seceded from the Union

• The immediate outbreak of the Civil War

• The abolition of slavery in the southern states