Division Era Review Game

Which man believed settlers in the territories should vote to decide on slavery for themselves, a concept known as "Popular Sovereignty"?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Who warned that "A house divided against itself cannot stand," meaning the U.S. couldn't stay half-slave and half-free forever?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• Andrew Johnson

• James Buchanan

Who wanted a federal ban on slavery in all new territories and hoped the institution would eventually "die out"?

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin Pierce

• John C. Calhoun

Who supported local control and did not agree with the newly formed Republican Party?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

What was the main goal of early deals like the Missouri Compromise?

• To end slavery immediately

• To prevent war by keeping a balance between free and slave states

• To allow all states to vote on slavery

• To create new territories

Which act angered Northerners because it forced them to help capture runaway enslaved people?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

In which Supreme Court decision did the court rule that enslaved people were not citizens and could not sue for their freedom?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

Which act allowed settlers to vote on slavery, which unfortunately led to a period of great violence?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

What term means to formally leave the United States, which the Southern states did in 1860?

• Compromise

• Secede

• Abolish

• Amend

What was the color and nickname associated with the Union (North) during the Civil War?

• Blue / Yankees

• Gray / Rebels

• Red / Patriots

• Green / Minutemen