Causes of the Civil War Quiz

What line was created by the Missouri Compromise to limit the spread of slavery?

• The Mason-Dixon Line

• 36°30′ latitude

• The 42nd Line

• The 49th Line

Who led the 1831 slave rebellion that increased fear throughout the South?

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

• William Lloyd Garrison

Which law required Northerners to help capture escaped enslaved people?

• Kansas–Nebraska Act

• Wilmot Proviso

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sojourner Truth

What Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were property, not citizens?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Marbury v. Madison

• Brown v. Board of Education

Which state was the first to secede from the Union after the Election of 1860?

• Georgia

• Mississippi

• Virginia

• South Carolina

Why did many Northerners oppose the Fugitive Slave Act?

• It increased federal taxes

• It forced them to support slavery

• It weakened state governments

• It ended abolitionist movements

What fear caused Southern states to pass stricter slave codes after Nat Turner’s rebellion?

• Loss of political power

• Foreign invasion

• Additional slave uprisings

• Economic collapse

Why did many Southerners oppose the Wilmot Proviso?

• It limited westward expansion

• It threatened slavery and political power

• It raised tariffs on Southern goods

• It ended popular sovereignty

What was the main goal of popular sovereignty?

• To let Congress decide slavery

• To allow enslaved people to vote

• To let settlers vote on slavery

• To eliminate compromise