Reasons for Civil War U.S. History

Slavery was _____ in the border states.

• illegal

• legal

• widespread

• not an issue

In 1860 the Republican candidate for president was ____.

• John Bell

• John Breckinridge

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was the enslaved African American whose suit for freedom reached the U.S. Supreme Court?

• Roger Taney

• Millard Fillmore

• John Frémont

• Dred Scott

Which was the first state to secede?

• Texas

• Alabama

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

Who won the presidential election of 1856?

• John C. Calhoun

• Millard Fillmore

• James Buchanan

• Abraham Lincoln

Due to its proximity to Washington, D.C., and the Confederate capital, it was critical to keep the border state of ____ from seceding.

• Maryland

• Missouri

• Kentucky

• Delaware

An issue in the election of 1844 was the annexation of ____.

• California

• Missouri

• Texas

• Kansas

When the United States added new territory in the 1840s, ____.

• the railroads were expanded

• the debate over slavery started again

• land was given to Native Americans

• it was immediately made a state in the Union

One of the North’s main advantages in fighting the war was _____.

• a strong fighting spirit

• it had a larger population than the South

• strong military leadership

• it knew the land

What was one outcome of the U.S.-Mexican War?

• Texas became a state.

• California became part of the United States.

• Slavery was banned from the territories the United States took from Mexico.

• Southerners began talking about seceding from the Union.