Civil War Test

What did the Missouri Compromise primarily state?

What raid from the above man led to the death of white slave owners?

How does the map of 1860 compare with the map of 2008 as far as a pattern is concerned?

What line of latitude was used for the Missouri Compromise?

What state had land taken away from it from the Compromise of 1850 in exchange to have its debts paid ff by the US?

How many southern states broke away from the Union right away, following the election?

Who won the election of 1860?

What political party was born in Ripon, Wisconsin, about 1850?

How many candidates for President were there in 1860?

What is a person called by his followers when he dies for a cause?

What did the Fugitive Act state?

What was the first battle of the war?

What is the name of a person who tries to find "middle ground" politically?

What border state did Lincoln consider the most important to keep in the Union?

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act state?

Though the Civil War was going to be a fight about slavery, what was te South's main reason to secede?

The US does NOT elect a president based on popular vote. Each state is winner take-all. What do we call this?

When did differences regarding slavery begin between the North and the South?

Which of the following statements is true?

What state was the first to secede the Union?

Speaking of the Compromise of 1850, where was slavery prohibited?

What controversial man was a hero in the North but a villian in the South in 1858?

Southern states threatened this if Lincoln was elected.

How many additional southern states broke away after the President asked State Militias to support the war?

What is it called when a President assumes dictatorial powers?