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Road to the Civil War
Road to the Civil War
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1
Which of the following became a state as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
Maine
2
Which of the following was not a border state?
Kentucky
Maryland
Virginia
Missouri
3
He proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act.
John Brown
Stephen Douglas
Henry Clay
Abe Lincoln
4
What were the Northern soldiers called during the Civil War?
Gray Coats
Lincoln's Men
Yankee's
Braves
5
In what city was the federal arsenal located, where John Brown led his raid?
Harpers Ferry
Washington DC
Richmond
Lawrence
6
How many electoral votes does a candidate need to become president.
100
152
270
538
7
What determine the number of electoral votes a state receives?
Population
The amount of representation in Congress
How many senators you have
All states get the same number of votes
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He was a radical abolitionist who led a raid on a federal arsenal.
Frederick Douglas
William L. Garrison
John Crittendon
John Brown
9
As a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which political party was formed?
Republicans
Southern Democrats
Northern Democrats
Whigs
10
The attack on this fort in South Carolina is considered the start of the Civil War.
Fort Ripley
Fort Sumter
Fort Wagner
Fort Snelling
11
Which of the following was Not an advantage of the North at the beginning of the war?
Navy
Leadership
Population
Railway
12
What were southern soldiers referred to as.
Yankees
Slave Holders
Rebels
Yeomen
13
He was the Republican candidate for president in 1860.
John Breckinridge
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Bell
14
The Kansas Nebraska Act stated that slavery would be determined by ________________.
popular sovereignty
habeas corpus
sectionalism
location
15
He was elected president of the Confederate States of America.
John C. Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
Henry Clay
Robert E. Lee
16
In the election of 1860, Lincoln won all of the slave states.
False
True
17
The group of armed pro-slavery Missourians who came into Kansas to vote for slavery.
The Martyrs
Confederates
Border Ruffians
John Browns Posse
18
After the attack on Ft Sumter, what did Lincoln do that caused 4 more states to leave the union
Call for 75,000 troops
Attack South Carolina
Declare War
Nothing
19
What was the name of the compromise that created a boundary for slavery?
Compromise of 1850
The Great Compromise
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
20
This slave sued for his freedom, because he once lived in free territory.
Sojourner Truth
Nat Turner
Dred Scott
Frederick Douglas
21
The border states allowed slavery?
True
False
22
The first state to secede from the union.
Virginia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
23
Which of the following was part of the Compromise of 1850?
Stronger Fugitive Slave Act
California was admitted as a free state
Slave trade was abolished in Washington DC
all of the above
24
He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that ruled that slaves were property.
John C. Calhoun
John G. Roberts
Stephen Douglas
Roger Taney
25
He proposed the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay
John Brown
Abe Lincoln
John Calhoun