Exploring Regional Tensions and Causes of the Civil War

What was the main issue debated in the nullification crisis?

• The tariff of abominations

• Women's suffrage

• Prohibition

• The gold standard

Which two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri and Maine

• Kansas and Nebraska

• California and Texas

• New York and Virginia

What did the Missouri Compromise attempt to balance?

• Trade tariffs between agricultural and industrial states

• Territorial claims between the U.S. and Britain

• Political power between free and slave states

• Economic interests between the North and South

What did the Compromise of 1850 include?

• California entering as a free state

• Louisiana Purchase

• Establishment of the Confederate States

• Abolition of slavery

What was the significance of the Compromise of 1850?

• It temporarily eased tensions over slavery

• It established the United Nations

• It ended the Civil War

• It began the American Revolution

What was the main outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• End of slavery

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• Popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska

• Missouri entering as a slave state

What was the Dred Scott decision?

• Missouri Compromise was constitutional

• Slaves were not U.S. citizens and could not sue

• Slaves could sue for their freedom

• Slavery was abolished in the northern states

What was John Brown's objective?

• To end the tariff of abominations

• To start a slave rebellion

• To campaign for Abraham Lincoln

• To support the Dred Scott decision

Who won the 1860 presidential election?

• Stephen Douglas

• John C. Calhoun

• John Bell

• Abraham Lincoln

Why did southern states secede after the 1860 election?

• Due to the abolition of slavery

• Because of high tariffs

• Because of the Louisiana Purchase

• They felt underrepresented and feared abolitionist policies