Causes of the Civil War Assessment Review Quizizz

What was the goal of the Missouri Compromise?

• To maintain the balance between free and slave states.
• To eliminate all slave states in the Union.
• To establish a new state in the Midwest.
• To promote the expansion of slavery into new territories.

Which Landmark Supreme Court Case stated that enslaved people were not considered citizens?

• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Marbury v. Madison
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education

Before the Civil War, which of the following were attempts to maintain a balance between free and slave states? select 3

• Missouri Compromise

• Dred Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which event below resulted in several states seceding from the Union?

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence
• The end of the Civil War
• Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
• The Louisiana Purchase

How was popular sovereignty used in the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• It allowed Congress to decide on slavery in the territories.
• settlers in Kansas and Nebraska had to vote on the legality of slavery in their territories.

• It mandated that slavery be allowed in all new territories.

Because the States of Kansas and Nebraska were allowed to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery in their states, what happened?

• Kansas and Nebraska became free states without conflict.
• The federal government enforced a ban on slavery in both states.
• Both states immediately abolished slavery after the decision.
• Violent conflicts known as 'Bleeding Kansas' occurred.

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• A law that provided financial compensation to slave owners.
• A law that allowed slaves to vote in elections.
• A law that abolished slavery in the United States.
• law requiring the return of escaped slaves to their owners.

What impact did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 have on abolitionists?

• it angered abolitionists, prompting increased resistance and activism against slavery.

• The act led to the immediate end of slavery in the United States.
• Abolitionists supported the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
• The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 had no effect on abolitionists.

How did the North and South feel about tariffs?

• The South supported tariffs; the North opposed them.
• Both the North and South supported tariffs.
• The North supported tariffs; the South opposed them.

• Neither the North nor the South had a clear stance on tariffs.

What is sectionalism?

• A belief in the superiority of one nation over others.
• A political system where all regions have equal power.
• loyalty to a particular region or section of a country, often leading to conflict with national interests.