Causes of the Civil War

What was the primary reason the southern states depended on slavery in the 1800s?

• To gain political power

• To support cotton production

• To expand their territories

• To increase trade with Europe

What was the Missouri Compromise primarily about?

• Allowing California into the Union as a free state

• Maintaining a balance between free states and slave states in the Senate

• Abolishing slavery in all US territories

• Granting popular sovereignty to all new states

Which concept allowed new territories or states to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery?

• Abolitionism

• Free Soil policy

• Popular Sovereignty

• Missouri Compromise

What was the significant outcome of the Compromise of 1850?

• It ended slavery in the southern states

• It allowed California to enter as a free state

• It established the Gag Rule

• It declared all new territories as slave territories

What was the role of Stephen Douglass in the Compromise of 1850?

• He proposed the Missouri Compromise

• He suggested breaking the compromise into 5 separate bills

• He led the abolitionist movement

• He balanced the Senate votes

What was the primary purpose of the Compromise of 1850?

• To allow California to enter the US as a free state

• To establish popular sovereignty in new territories

• To calm the tension between the North and South

• To create new railroad companies

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 introduce that was different from previous compromises?

• It allowed states to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty

• It banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

• It created a unified political party system

• It mandated the construction of new railroads

What event is referred to as "Bleeding Kansas"?

• The debate over the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• A series of violent confrontations in Kansas related to pro-slavery and anti-slavery sentiments

• The establishment of the Republican Party

• The division of political parties into regional factions

Which political party was formed with the aim of stopping the spread of slavery into the west?

• The Whig Party

• The Democratic Party

• The Republican Party

• The Free Soil Party

What was the stance of the Whigs and Democrats regarding the issue of slavery in 1856?

• Both parties focused on abolishing slavery

• Whigs ignored the issue, while Democrats focused on popular sovereignty

• Both parties supported the spread of slavery into new territories

• Democrats ignored the issue, while Whigs focused on popular sovereignty