Quiz on Events Leading to the Civil War

What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• It temporarily ended the slavery debate.

• It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.

• It led to the South seceding from the Union.

• It upset the balance of states with slavery and free states in the Union.

What was the significance of the 36°30' parallel?

• It separated the North from the South.

• It indicated the northern border of Missouri.

• It showed the borders of the United States.

• It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.

All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except

• many enslaved people moved to Canada.

• northerners refused to obey the law.

• People who caught fugitives from slavery were pushed to the South.

• enslavers wanted fugitives from slavery imprisoned.

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

• that slavery diminished the national character

• that African American rights were protected by the Constitution

• that African Americans had no right to sue in federal court

• that slavery should be abolished by executive order

What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860?

• The nation was divided over slavery.

• Lincoln was popular throughout the nation.

• There was little support for abolitionists in the North.

• Southern states were eager to abolish slavery.

Based on Abraham Lincoln's statement, what did he believe about the future of the United States?

• All the states will become free states.

• All the states will become states with slavery.

• The United States will not survive if divided.

• The United States will be divided into two countries.

In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?

• It created new taxes for railroad construction.

• It provided an end to the trade of enslaved people in Washington, D.C.

• It included a law requiring the return of escaped enslaved people.

• It required the Underground Railway to be disbanded.

What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• It caused enslaved people to revolt in Kentucky.

• It turned many more people against slavery.

• Congress agreed that slavery should be abolished.

• The South became more resolved to secede from the Union.

What was the primary goal of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry?

• To create a rebellion led by enslaved people that would bring an end to slavery

• To bring attention to the conflict between the North and the South

• To bring the two sides together to form a new compromise

• To create a revolution that would lead to a war between the states

How did Missouri's application as a state with slavery in 1819 challenge U.S. law?

• It did not have a state constitution.

• States west of the Mississippi River were to be states with slavery.

• It did not have the population required for statehood.

• States north of the Ohio River were to be free states.