Unit 12: Causes of the Civil War

What was the primary goal of the Missouri Compromise?

• To expand slavery into new territories

• To maintain a balance between free and slave states

• To abolish slavery in all states

• To declare all new territories as free states

Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and what was its impact?

• Mark Twain; it entertained the North

• Harriet Beecher Stowe; it increased anti-slavery sentiment in the North

• Abraham Lincoln; it led to the Civil War

• Henry Clay; it resolved conflicts between North and South

What does the term "abolitionist" refer to?

• A politician who supported slavery

• A law that allowed slavery in new territories

• People who wanted to end slavery

• A compromise between Northern and Southern states

What was the significance of the Compromise of 1850?

• It declared all African Americans as citizens

• It ended the Civil War

• It included laws to resolve tensions between free and slave states

• It established the Free Soil Party

What principle did the Kansas-Nebraska Act introduce?

• Abolition of slavery in all territories

• Popular sovereignty to decide on slavery

• Immediate emancipation of all slaves

• All territories to be declared as slave states

What was the main focus of the debates between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas?

• The economic policies of the United States

• The issue of slavery and its expansion into new territories

• The foreign policies of the United States

• The educational reforms in the United States

What action is John Brown best known for in the context of slavery?

• Writing influential essays on abolition

• Leading a peaceful protest in Washington D.C.

• Leading a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry to start a slave revolt

• Negotiating freedom for slaves through diplomatic means

What was the significant outcome of the Election of 1860?

• The establishment of new trade policies

• The beginning of economic reforms

• The secession of Southern states from the Union

• The introduction of new educational standards

Who was the 16th president of the United States, whose election led to the Civil War?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Abraham Lincoln

to make something legally null and void, effectively canceling it out.

• validate
• annul
• approve
• nullify