Causes of American Civil War

Which section of America relied on Industry and Manufacturing as their economic base in the year 1850?

• North

• South

• West

Before the Missouri Compromise (1820) were there more slave states, or free states in the Union?

• More Slave States

• More Free States

• There was an equal number of slave and free states, 11 each in the year 1819.

Which of the following were part of the Compromise of 1850?

• California was admitted to the Union as a free state

• Popular sovereignty was allowed in Utah & New Mexico Territories

• Slave trading was ended in Washington D.C.

• Stronger fugitive slave law was passed and enforced

True or false. No other book in American history had as large of a political impact as Uncle Tom's Cabin...

• True

• False

Which of the following best defines popular sovereignty?

• Popular sovereignty is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (rule by the people).

• The idea that the President should decide on slavery in the territories

• The principle that geography should determine which states are slave or free.

What happened in the Kansas & Nebraska Territories when popular sovereignty was used to determine whether these lands would be slave or free?

• Pro-slavery and anti-slavery advocates reached a compromise

• "Bleeding Kansas" as violence erupted between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions

• Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book about it

• Stephen Douglass used the territories to get more votes for his Presidential Campaign

This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

Who was Dred Scott?

• A Slave Owner

• A Widow

• A Doctor

• A Slave

Why did he think he was free?

• He Bought His Freedom

• His Owner Died

• He Was Kidnapped

• He Lived Temporarily In A Free State/Territory

Which politician from Kentucky helped create the compromise allowing Missouri to become a state?

• Henry Clay of Kentucky

• John C. Calhoune of South Carolina

• John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts

• Abraham Lincoln of Illinois