Events Leading to the Civil War

Which event is directly associated with the failure of popular sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Bleeding Kansas

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Dred Scott Decision

What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• To abolish slavery in all U.S. territories

• To maintain a balance between free and slave states

• To annex Texas

• To establish popular sovereignty

Which territory was admitted as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• Texas

• California

• Kansas

• Missouri

James K. Polk’s presidency is most closely associated with which concept?

• The Monroe Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny

• The New Deal

• Reconstruction

Which war increased tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery in new territories?

• The War of 1812

• The Mexican War

• The Civil War

• The Spanish-American War

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act challenge the Missouri Compromise?

• It banned slavery in all territories

• It allowed popular sovereignty to decide slavery in new territories

• It admitted Texas as a free state

• It repealed the Compromise of 1850

Explain how the Missouri Compromise affected the admission of states from the Louisiana Territory.

• It required all new states to be free states

• It established a boundary line for slavery at latitude 36°30′

• It allowed states to choose slavery by popular vote

• It ended the debate over slavery

Describe one way the Compromise of 1850 was a result of territorial expansion.

• It resolved disputes over the Oregon Territory

• It addressed the status of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico

• It created the state of Kansas

• It ended the Mexican War

How did the outcome of the Mexican War contribute to growing sectionalism in the United States?

• It led to the immediate abolition of slavery

• It created new territories that reignited debates over slavery

• It unified the North and South

• It ended the issue of states’ rights

How did the election of 1860 help lead to the Civil War?

• It resulted in the immediate secession of Southern states due to Abraham Lincoln’s anti-slavery stance

• It led to the compromise of 1850

• It ended the debate over popular sovereignty

• It unified the Democratic Party