Pre-Civil War Quiz

* California became a free state
* Utah and New Mexico were created and given popular sovereignty
* ended the slave trade in Washington DC
* Forced a stronger Fugitive Slave Law 

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Emancipation Proclamation
• State Taxation

Which statement best describes the causes of the Civil War

• The North wanted their own slaves
• The south wanted slavery and states' rights
• the south wanted a strong federal government
• The North was angry about Lincoln's death

The ______________was part of the Compromise of 1850 and made it a crime (illegal) to help runaway slaves.

• Fugitive Slave Act
• Fugitive Criminal Act
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• California-Maine Act

A major political result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was allowing a __________________among residents in the territories that would decide whether a state would allow ___________________ or not.

• Vote, taxes
• Vote, free land
• Vote, statehood
• vote, slavery

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would decide whether the territories became free or allowed slavery?

• popular sovereignty
• the 36'30" parallel
• one would be a slave state, the other a free state
• Rock, Paper, Scissors

Dred Scott is famous for 

• being sued for helping slaves escape
• suing for his freedom
• causing the Civil War
• becoming the first slave to win freedom through the justice system

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who is against slavery
• Someone who is for slavery
• A confederate soldier
• A Union soldier

The Compromise of 1850 admitted what state as a free state?

• Nevada
• Kansas
• Missouri
• California

Free blacks could get kidnapped and sold into slavery

• True

• False

An ABOLITIONIST is someone who

• wanted to stop the SPREAD of slavery

• wanted to ban slavery EVERYWHERE

• Wanted the CITIZENS to VOTE on their state being a FREE or SLAVE state

• Wanted the CONGRESS to VOTE on their state being a FREE or SLAVE state