Causes of the Civil War - 8th Watt

The Missouri Compromise of 1850 allowed popular sovereignty in which two territories?

In 1849, the Gold Rush caused a huge population boom where?

The Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott because he was considered _____________.

When Lincoln became president in 1860, the South feared he would end slavery.

Radical abolitionist, John Brown, hung for his crimes, but was considered to be a __________.

South Carolina claimed they were leaving the Union over the issue of State's Rights, not ____.

The Dred Scott case led to the Supreme Court saying the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was ______.

John Brown led a raid on Harper's Ferry in order to supply the slaves with ________________.

Dred Scott sued for the right to vote and the case went all the way to the Supreme Court.

The first state to secede from the Union was ________________.

Popular Sovereignty determined whether or not to allow slavery in Kansas and Nebraska.

Nat Turner led a slave revolt killing at least 55 to 65 people.

This led to California becoming a state. They were a _____________ state.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel about the cruelty of slavery and was written by _____________.