EOC Causes of Civil War

The Kansas-Nebraska Act would settle the issue of slavery by allowing____________.

The North favored the passing of the fugitive slave law?

Stated that runaway slaves must be returned to owners by law. Also put a bounty on the heads of slaves.

The north's economy was largly based on_____________

How does States rights contradict with owning slaves?

To leave a union

Lincoln favored stopping the spread of slavery into any new territories.

Sectionalism means________________________

The election of 1860(Lincoln) clearly showed how divided the country was.

The fugitive slave law was part of the Compromise of 1850.

President Lincoln was a ___________________________.

The North favored California entering the Union as a free state.

Lincoln pledged to end slavery once and for all in his innauguaral address.

California became a free state, Fugitive slave law, and Washington D.C becomes a free city.

Allowed citizens to vote to determine whether a territory would become a free or slave state.

Lincoln favored popular sovereignty

What did Lincoln mean when he said "A house divided against itself cannot stand"?

Lincoln favored the immediate abolition of all slaves in America.

Popular sovereignty allowed ____________________to decide whether slavery would be allowed in a new state.

The North favored Washington D.C becoming a free city.

Within days of Lincolns' election ______________________________

The economy($) of the South was based on ________________________.

Two states would enter the union to keep the senate balanced and prevent war. Missouri and Maine were the first two.