Causes of the Civil War Review

What was the outcome of the Dred Scott Decision?

• Slaves were granted citizenship

• Slaves were considered property, not people

• Slaves were allowed to vote

• Slaves were freed in the North

Which law admitted California as a free state?

• Dred Scott Decision

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Who led a raid at Harper's Ferry intending to start a slave revolt?

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Dred Scott

What was the main issue addressed by the Missouri Compromise?

• The expansion of the US

• The admission of California as a free state

• The issue of slavery in Missouri

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

What was the significance of the Election of 1860?

• It led to the Compromise of 1850

• It resulted in the secession of 11 states from the Union

• It resolved the issue of popular sovereignty

• It ended the slave trade in DC

What was 'Bleeding Kansas'?

• A compromise between North and South

• A law that admitted Kansas as a free state

• A series of violent fights over the slavery issue in Kansas

• A peaceful protest against slavery

I sued for my freedom and lost. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that slaves are property and I did not have the right to sue in federal court.

• Roger B. Taney
• Dred Scott
• David Walker
• Henry "Box" Brown

What was the primary goal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• To establish a transcontinental railroad

• To allow territories to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty

• To admit Kansas as a slave state

• To resolve the issue of the Dred Scott Decision

What was the main purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• To grant freedom to escaped slaves

• To return escaped slaves to their owners

• To abolish slavery in the southern states

• To allow slaves to sue for their freedom

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

• Nevada
• Kansas
• Missouri
• California