Causes of the Civil War

Who won the presidential election of 1860 even though he did not win a single southern state?

Which act made it more legal to arrest alleged runaways in areas where slavery was legal?

What political party was formed in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Why did the southern states that seceded feel they had the legal right to do so?

As a result of the Kansas Nebraska Act, what became the nickname for Kansas?

Who was the chief justice who ruled in the Dred Scott decision?

Who authored the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin

What were Lincoln's views on the expansion of slavery?

Who threatened to secede from the Union peacefully if California was admitted as a free state?

Which of the following statements about Uncle Tom's Cabin is not true?

Roger Taney ruled that Dred Scott was not free because ...

What did southerners send Preston Brooks after he attacked Charles Sumner in Congress?

John Brown led a group in the killing of five pro-slavery men in what was called the

Which of the following was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?

Who was the author of the Compromise of 1850?

To guarantee support for a railroad to Chicago, Stephen Douglas ...

At Harpers Ferry, why did John Brown's slave uprising fail?

After the Lincoln - Douglas Debates, who became the Illinois senator in 1858?

In the Election of 1860, which political party ran two candidates for president?

Who was chosen to be the president of the Confederate States of America?

In Stephen Douglas Kansas Nebraska Act ...

What proposal would make any new lands acquired from the Mexican War to be free of slavery?

The "Sack of Lawrence" refers to

Who commanded the Marines who put down John Brown's Rebellion at Harper's Ferry?

Dred Scott believed he was free because ...

What political party formed in 1848 to oppose slavery in lands acquired by the Mexican War?

Which state was the first to secede?