The Civil War REVIEW

One of the main reasons Abolitionists opposed the annexation of Western territory is:

• they did not want to see more slave states added to the Union

• They thought the US was big enough already

• They feared the extension/expansion of slavery

• They wanted to protect Native American land/rights

US Senator and Representative ------Kentucky------Missouri Compromise

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

• John C Calhoun

• William Henry Harrison

One of the main political conflicts that lingered after the Compromise of 1850 was:

• States continued opposition to Westward Expansion

• Continued division over free vs. slave state

• How to properly treat Native Americans and their land

• How to handle new found wealth from the gold rush in the west

The issues behind the Compromise of 1850 included all of the following EXCEPT:

• enforcing of the fugitive Slave Act.

• the policy regarding slavery in the territories

• territorial disputes involving Texas.

• the ruling in the "Dred Scott" case.

This Act, part of the Compromise of 1850, required that slaves be returned to their owners - even if they were found in free states.

• Abolitionist Act

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• The Anti-Slavery Act

The location of John Brown's failed rebellion in 1859 (FUN FACT: The man who led the group who stopped the rebellion was none other than a young Robert E. Lee):

• Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia

• Harper's Ferry, Virginia

• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

• Antietam, Maryland

What role did John Brown play in the Civil War?

• His opposition to slavery led to an unsuccessful revolt, which escalated tension(s) in the North and South

• He opposed any thought of war, so he had no role in it

• He opposed secession, and led protests throughout the South to express his disdain for any separation from the Union

• None of the Above

Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that describes the horrors of slavery in vivid detail; at one point in time, this was the 2nd best selling book in the world.

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Bible

• The Liberator

• The King and I

Allowed territories to decide the fate of slavery based on popular sovereignty, and unintentionally had the effect of increasing tensions between pro-slavery and antislavery forces as they rushed west and had violent clashes over control of territory.

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Northwest Ordinance

The conflict in "Bleeding Kansas" was mainly between _______ and _______.

• slaves and masters

• immigrants and nativists

• free soilers and slave supporters

• Native Americans and frontiersman