Events Leading to Civil War

What year was the Missouri Compromise enacted?

• 1818

• 1820

• 1850

• 1861

What did the Missouri Compromise primarily deal with?

• The right to bear arms

• The regulation of interstate commerce

• The balance of free and slave states

• The right to vote

Which law effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise by allowing states to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Dred Scott Decision

In what year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?

• 1820

• 1854

• 1861

• 1877

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• Slaves were property and could not sue for their freedom

• Slavery was unconstitutional

• Slaves could become free if they escaped to a free state

• The Missouri Compromise was constitutional

In what year did the Dred Scott decision take place?

• 1857

• 1863

• 1845

• 1820

Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• John Brown

• Jefferson Davis

What was the main goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?

• To capture weapons for a slave uprising

• To negotiate peace between the North and South

• To establish a new nation

• To assassinate political leaders

In what year was Abraham Lincoln elected as President of the United States?

• 1860

• 1856

• 1861

• 1858

Which event directly triggered the secession of the Southern states?

• The Dred Scott Decision

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown's Raid