Causes of the Civil War

The ________ divided the United States at the 36x30 line. States North of the line would be free states and states South of the line would be Slave States.

• Mason Dixon Line

• 1850 Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

When Missouri was added as a slave state, what new state was added as a free state for congressional balance?

• Texas

• Louisiana

• Maine

• Rhode Island

Nat Turners Rebellion resulted in________

• The death of 55-65 slave owners

• the death of hundreds of African Americans

• New censorship and illiteracy laws

• All of the above

The ________ in 1846 made the United States reexamine the issue of slavery.

• Mexican War for independence

• Louisiana Purchase

• The Mexican American War

• The Texan War for Independence

________ Is the idea that states should decide for themselves if to become free or slave states when applying for statehood.

• Free Soil Settlers

• Border Ruffians

• Manifest Destiny

• Popular Sovereignty

This state was admitted as a free state in 1850 and was NOT divided in half over the issue of slavery

• New Mexico

• Oregon

• California

• Texas

True or False: Abraham Lincoln Proposed the 1850 Compromise

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False: It was Henry Clay

The Fugitive Slave Act________

• Was a result of the Dred Scott Case

• Required Northern citizens to assist in freeing escaped slaves

• Was a result of Nat Turners Rebellion

• Required all citizens to assist in the return and capture of escaped slaves

________ was a conductor on the Underground railroad. They helped free upwards of 70 enslaved people

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

________ was when Abolitionist John Brown killed 5 pro-slavers resulting in the death of 50 in 1854.

• Bleeding Nebraska

• Bleeding Kansas

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• The Dred Scott decision