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The Coming of the Civil War
The Coming of the Civil War
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Chapter 14 of the textbook
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1
In 1850, the slave trade was banned in __________________.
Ohio
Washington D.C.
Texas
South Carolina
2
Which two territories were created in 1854 from the shaded area of the map?
Maine and Missouri
New Mexico and Utah
Kansas and Nebraska
Washington and Oregon
3
How did the South react to Lincoln's election as President in 1860?
Southern leaders called for a new election.
North Carolina and New York seceded from the United States.
Seven southern states seceded from the United States.
Southern leaders agreed to support the new President.
4
Kentucky senator who proposed the Compromise of 1850.
Charles Sumner
John Brown
Preston Brooks
Henry Clay
5
Which of the following was a point made in the Dred Scott decision?
Slaves were property, even if they lived in a free territory
The Supreme Court had no power to hear this case
Slaves were considered to be citizens of the United States
Congress could not ban the importation of slaves after 1808
6
The Republican Party received most of its support from people in the south in the mid 1850's.
False
True
7
The ____________ was formed in 1854 with the goal to stop slavery from spreading farther west.
Republican Party
Constitutional Union
Whig Party
Free-Soil Party
8
Who was president of the CSA?
robert E Lee
Jefferson Davis
john brown
Abe Lincoln
9
The Confederate capital would be located in
Richmond, Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
Jackson, Mississippi
Charleston, South Carolina
10
The confederate government chose Robert E. Lee as the President of their new country.
True
False
11
Which was NOT a direct cause of the Civil War?
Lincoln was elected President
The Northern army attacked forts in South Carolina
Seven southern states seceded from the Union
Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter
12
Who won the election of 1860?
Hamlin
Davis
Brown
Lincoln
13
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required northern citizens to help capture escaped slaves.
False
True
14
Which political party supported slavery?
Democratic
Federalist
Republican
Whig
15
which state seceded first?
Maryland
South Carolina
New York
North Carolina
16
What was John Brown's goal in his attack on Harper's Ferry?
to show that he supported the north on the issue of slavery
to free African Americans that had been captured by the army
to raise an army of slaves and lead them in a rebellion
to protest the violence in Kansas
17
Southerners attacked Fort Sumter because they thought that:
the fort was in Confederate territory and belonged to them
the capture of the fort would force Lincoln to resign
the British were attempting to capture the fort
Lincoln was going to destroy the fort
18
How many states total seceded?
13
12
11
10
19
The process that allows people to vote directly on issues.
checks and balances
federalism
popular sovereignty
separation of powers
20
California entered the Union as a free state in the:
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
