Civil War & Westward Expansion Review Game

What was the Missouri Compromise (1820)?

• A law that ended slavery in the United States

• An agreement that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain balance

• A Supreme Court case about slavery in territories

• A treaty with Native Americans about western land

Why was the Missouri Compromise important?

• It increased immigration to the United States

• It helped temporarily keep peace between free and slave states

• It ended sectional disagreements about slavery

• It allowed the president to control slavery laws

What is popular sovereignty?

• The president decides national policies

• The Supreme Court decides state laws

• Citizens vote directly on whether slavery will be allowed in a territory

• Congress automatically bans slavery in territories

Why did popular sovereignty cause conflict in Kansas?

• Congress refused to recognize Kansas as a territory

• Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers moved there and fought for control

• Kansas tried to secede from the Union

• Native Americans resisted American settlement

What was the main message of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Slavery should expand into western territories

• Plantation life was peaceful and fair

• Slavery was cruel and morally wrong

• Slavery improved the southern economy

What was the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision?

• A law freeing all slaves in the North

• A decision stating African Americans were not citizens and Congress could not ban slavery in territories

• A compromise creating new slave states

• A treaty ending the Civil War

How did the Dred Scott decision affect the United States?

• It reduced tensions between North and South

• It increased sectional conflict and angered many Northerners

• It solved the slavery debate permanently

• It strengthened abolitionist support in the South

What action made John Brown famous?

• Leading a violent raid on a federal weapons arsenal

• Writing a book against slavery

• Creating the Republican Party

• Running for president

Why was the Election of 1860 significant?

• It gave Southern states more power in Congress

• It led to several Southern states leaving the Union

• It ended the debate over slavery immediately

• It gave the South control of the government

Why did many Southern states support secession?

• They feared the federal government would protect Native Americans

• They believed their economic system based on slavery was threatened

• They wanted to expand industrial factories

• They wanted to move the capital city