Causes of the Civil War

Which of the following is true about the Compromise of 1850?

• It was only a temporary solution and temporarily reduced tensions between the North and South

• It ended slavery in the Southern states

• The Arkansas Territory prohibited (banned) slavery

• It solved all issues concerning slavery in the west

People like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass tried to end slavery and were called....

• an abolitionist

• A slave

• President of U.S

• a pro-slavery politician

True or False: The economy of the Union was based on factories, industry and production

• True

• False

Abraham Lincoln was a member of which political party?

• Free Soil Party
• Republican Party
• Democratic Party 
• Constitutional Party

During the Election of 1860...

• The Republican party was split over slavery.

• Breckinridge won the Northern states

• Lincoln was not on the Southern ballots

• Abraham Lincoln won over 80% of the popular vote

What was the main cause of the South seceding in the 1860s was.....

• the Kansas Nebraska Act

• the Missouri Compromise

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• the firing on Ft Sumter

Which of the following BEST explains why the Confederacy seceded from the Union?

• Lincoln was raising an army to quickly abolish slavery

• Lincoln would support slavery and help the planter elite gain control

• Lincoln would allow them to continue nullifying laws

• They feared Lincoln would abolish slavery

What law compelled the North to return runaway slaves back to the South and imposed fines and/or jail for helping an escaped slave?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Abolition Act of 1850

• I refuse to answer this question based on the fact I have not studied!

Some proposed that popular sovereignty to allow territories to do what....

• determine whether new states would be slave or free

• determine whether tariffs should be imposed

• determine if territories should become states

• determine whether a state could nullify a federal law

In 1850, _______ with its' large population as a result of the Gold Rush, applied for statehood.

• Arizona

• California

• New Mexico

• Utah