Road to the Civil War

The South devoted a large amount of land to -

• plantations

• textile mills

• mining caves

• small farms

Who won the election of 1860?

• John Breckenridge

• John Bell

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

Which region's economy relied heavily on agriculture?

• North 
• South
• East 
• West

What compromise created the State of Maine and maintained a balance between free and slave states in the U.S. Senate?

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

What was the Underground Railroad?

• Railroad tracks that ran East and West
• Secret routes that runaway slaves used to reach freedom
• An underground tunnel that ran to Canada
• A rode that returned escaped slaves to the south

What did the Missouri Compromise say about the future of slavery?

• It would be legal in all future states
• It would be illegal in all future states
• It would be prohibited above the 36,30 line
• The Southern states had to give up their slaves

This was a Novel that showed how evil slavery was.  It helped the anti-slavery movement grow stronger

• Of Mice and Men
• Fugitives
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Life of a Slave

What law inspired Stowe to write the book Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Dawes Act

• Lincoln-Douglas Act

A consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was:

• violence between pro-slavery and abolitionist groups
• gold was discovered in Nebraska
• John Brown led a slave revolt
• Dred Scott sued for his freedom

According to the terms of the Compromise of 1850,

• California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state with no slavery and enacted the Fugitive Slave Act to return run away slaves

• Missouri admitted as a slave state and Maine admitted as a free state keeping the balance between free and slave states