Civil War Review Game

What was the main conflict in westward expansion?

• Slave States vs Free States

• North vs South

• East vs West

• Urban vs Rural

Which party was Abraham Lincoln a member of?

• Democratic

• Republican

• Whig

• Federalist

What was a direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• The Civil War started immediately

• Bleeding Kansas occurred

• Slavery was abolished

• The Dred Scott case was decided

Which event involved a slave suing for his freedom and losing in the Supreme Court?

• Bleeding Kansas

• Dred Scott case

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

What was the main reason the South did not vote for Abraham Lincoln?

• He was pro-slavery

• He was anti-slavery

• He was from the South

• He supported states' rights

What did John Brown attack?

• Fort Sumter

• The federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry

• The White House

• The Missouri Compromise line

What was considered a federal crime under the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Owning slaves

• Helping runaway slaves

• Voting for abolitionists

• Moving to the North

What does sectionalism refer to?

• Loyalty to the entire country

• Intense loyalty to a region or section of the country

• The abolition of slavery

• The creation of new states

What does it mean to secede?

• To join the Union

• To formally withdraw from the Union

• To abolish slavery

• To start a rebellion

What did the Freeport Doctrine allow settlers to do?

• Ignore the Missouri Compromise

• Go around the Dred Scott decision by making it difficult for slavery to exist in that area

• Abolish slavery everywhere

• Elect their own president