Civil War Era Concepts and Events

The video covers the period from 1848 to 1861, highlighting the growing tensions between the North and South over issues like slavery, territorial expansion, and states' rights. It discusses the Compromise of 1850, the rise of the Republican Party, and key events like the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision, which further inflamed sectional conflicts leading to the Civil War.

What term is used to describe the division between the North and South during the period leading up to the Civil War?

• Isolationism

• Federalism

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

What was the main goal of the Wilmot Proviso?

• To allow slavery in all new territories

• To ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico

• To promote industrialization in the South

• To establish a new political party

Which state was admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850?

• New Mexico

• Missouri

• California

• Texas

What did the Fugitive Slave Law, part of the Compromise of 1850, allow?

• The abolition of slavery in Washington D.C.

• Bounty hunters to capture escaped slaves in the North

• The expansion of slavery into new territories

• Slaves to vote in northern states

Which political party emerged in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Whig Party

• Democratic Party

• No Nothing Party

• Republican Party

What was the main issue addressed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• The use of popular sovereignty to decide on slavery

• The admission of California as a free state

• The enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law

• The construction of the Pacific Railroad

What event is referred to as 'Bleeding Kansas'?

• A series of violent confrontations over slavery in Kansas

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The signing of the Missouri Compromise

• The secession of Southern states

What was the outcome of the Dred Scott decision?

• Dred Scott was declared not a citizen and had no right to sue

• The Missouri Compromise was upheld

• Slavery was banned in all territories

• Slaves were granted citizenship

What was Abraham Lincoln's stance on slavery during the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• He opposed the expansion of slavery

• He was an abolitionist

• He had no clear stance on slavery

• He supported the expansion of slavery

Who was John Brown, and what role did he play in the events leading up to the Civil War?

• A leader of the Republican Party

• A radical abolitionist involved in Bleeding Kansas

• A Southern politician advocating for secession

• A Supreme Court justice in the Dred Scott case