The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18

What was the main cause of the American Civil War?

• States' rights

• Economic differences

• Slavery

• Nationalism

What did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 require citizens to do?

• Help slaves escape to freedom.

• Turn in anyone they knew to be a slave to authorities.

• Vote on whether their state would allow slavery.

• Provide shelter to runaway slaves.

What idea did the Kansas-Nebraska Act formalize, allowing people in new territories to decide on slavery?

• Federalism

• Popular sovereignty

• States' rights

• Manifest Destiny

What were two major results of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• The end of slavery and the start of the railroad.

• The Missouri Compromise and the election of Lincoln.

• Violence in Kansas and the creation of the Republican Party.

• Economic growth in the South and new trade routes.

What was the main idea of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• Black people were free if they lived in a free state.

• Black people were considered property and had no rights that white people had to respect.

• Slavery was allowed in all states, but black people still had some rights.

• The government would protect the rights of all people, including black people.

What did the Dred Scott decision mean for the idea of "free states" in the United States?

• It made all states free states.

• It meant that slave owners could take their slaves anywhere, making "free states" technically non-existent.

• It only affected states in the South.

• It allowed states to decide if they wanted to be free or slave states.

What was John Brown's main goal when he raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry?

• To steal money from the government.

• To capture guns and give them to slaves to start a rebellion.

• To protest against the Supreme Court's decision.

• To become president of the United States.

What event officially started the fighting in the American Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president.

• Southern states decided to leave the Union.

• Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter.

• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.