Pre-Civil War & Civil warQuiz

What was the primary issue dividing the North and South before the Civil War?

• Taxes

• Immigration

• Slavery

• Trade

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Missouri as a _____ state.

• Free

• Slave

• Neutral

• Western

Which state was admitted as a free state under the Missouri Compromise?

• California

• Maine

• Ohio

• Kansas

What line divided free and slave territories in the Missouri Compromise?

• 40°30'

• 36°30'

• 38°00'

• 34°00'

Who was known as “The Great Compromiser”?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

• John Brown

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

• Utah

• New Mexico

• California

• Texas

What did the South gain from the Compromise of 1850?

• Abolition of slavery

• End of the Fugitive Slave Law

• New territories open to slavery

• End of the Civil War

What law required Northerners to return escaped slaves to their owners?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott Law

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Abolition Law

What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• A political pamphlet

• A Supreme Court case

• A best-selling anti-slavery novel

• A military strategy

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Sojourner Truth