Civil War & Reconstruction

What was the effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• It established the Mason-Dixon line dividing free and enslaved states.

• It abolished slavery in the United States.

• It declared all states north of the line as slave states.

• It resulted in the Civil War.

What was the significance of the Compromise of 1850?

• It led to the secession of California from the Union.

• It required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.

• It admitted California as a free state and introduced the Fugitive Slave Laws.

• It banned slavery in the new territories.

What did the Fugitive Slave Laws state?

• Slaves that escaped to the North were granted freedom.

• All northerners had to return escaped slaves to the South.

• Slavery was made illegal in the northern states.

• The laws abolished the need for slave catchers.

What was "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

• A settlement for escaped slaves.

• A book that depicted the kindness of slave owners.

• A book that showed the cruelties of slavery.

• A law that prohibited the publication of anti-slavery material.

What was the outcome of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?

• It successfully ended slavery in the southern states.

• It led to John Brown becoming a senator.

• It showed the rise in violence and tension over slavery.

• It resulted in the immediate emancipation of all slaves.

What was the impact of the invention of the cotton gin?

• It decreased the number of slaves needed in the South.

• It made cotton less profitable.

• It led to the South growing less cotton.

• It increased the South's dependence on slave labor.

What were Southerners afraid of when Abraham Lincoln was elected President?

• They feared they would lose their agricultural dominance.

• They feared they would be forced to give up slavery.

• They feared an immediate war with the North.

• They feared Lincoln would abolish the cotton industry.

What was the first state to secede from the United States?

• Virginia

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Tennessee

What name was given to the states that remained loyal to the United States during the secession?

• Confederacy

• Union

• Alliance

• Federation

What name was given to the states that seceded from the United States?

• Confederacy

• Union

• Alliance

• Federation