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Heading Toward a Civil War
Heading Toward a Civil War
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A review of the causes and events leading toward the Civil War in the U.S.
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1
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to ________ in the Senate over slavery.
massive amounts of hugs
a lot of handshakes
high fives
violence
2
The election of 1860 was won by who?
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
George Washington
3
What new territories were created by the Compromise of 1850?
New York & Rhode Island
Florida & Alabama
New Mexico & Utah
Kansas & Nebraska
4
Five weeks after Lincoln was elected states began to...
invade Canada
join together
seceed
attack each other
5
The Court ruled in the Dred Scott case...
that no blacks had american citizenship.
that all blacks had freedom
that Dred Scott was to become a free man.
that slavery was illegal and officially banned.
6
Did the Compromise of 1850 solve anything within the U.S.?
Yes, but only temporarily.
Yes it fixed everything and prevented the Civil War.
Yes because Henry Clay created it.
Nope!
7
John Brown supported slavery
True
False
8
Who was the famous slave that attempted to sue their master for their freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Dred Scott
Fredrick Douglass
Andrew Jackson
9
Many free blacks were captured and sent into slavery because of the Fugitive Slave Law.
False
True
10
How does Lincoln plan to deal with slavery prior to secession?
Open slavery up to all states.
Allow it only in the South.
Slavery will only be legal in new territories.
Prohibit the spread and contain it to the South.
11
Why was the South upset with the election of 1860?
They feared they would be sold to Mexico.
They lost their slaves.
They feared the North would turn them into slaves.
They feared the power of a dominant North.
12
The disagreements over the Kansas-Nebraska Act caused the formation of the...
Republican Party
Pizza Party
Democratic Party
Green Party
13
What state was created by the Compromise of 1850?
Canada
Nebraska
California
Georgia
14
What is the primary cause of the Civil War?
freedom
slavery
women's right
state's rights
15
Lincoln's "A House Divided Speech" proposed that...
all of the above
the country would be all free or all a slave states.
the country would not fall apart.
the country could not remain divided.
16
The Fugitive Slave Law was welcomed by the Northern states.
False
True
17
Citizens were required by the Fugitive Slave Law to assist in capturing runaway slave.
False
True
18
John Brown believed in using ______ to end slavery.
unicorns & kittens
guerrilla warfare
violence
diplomacy
19
During his campaign for the presidency Lincoln promised to abolish slavery.
False
True
20
Popular Sovereignty allows the people in a territory to...
decide on their own if they will allow slavery.
be banned from making political decisions.
to decide on how to build their homes.
decide what they would like to eat for dinner.
21
The Kansas-Nebraska Act said that slavery would be decided by _______ in new territories.
Federal slave codes
popular sovereignty
The Compromise of 1850
a national vote
22
The period of violence in Kansas over the division caused by slavery is known as what?
Bloody Kansas
The Kansas Massacre
Kansas Bleeding
Bleeding Kansas
23
The Wilmot Proviso was proposed to....
Spread slavery into Canada.
Stop spreading the flu to Mexico.
Increase the amount of slave states in the country.
Stop the spread of slavery in land won from Mexico.
24
From the South's point of view why are they seceding?
They think they can do a better job as their own country.
They hate the North.
They feel their rights have been jeopardized by the North.
They feared a war would occur with the North.
25
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" influenced the public opinion on slavery by....
helping people understand that slavery was not that bad.
spreading the idea of slavery.
opening the public's eyes to the harshness of slavery.
persuading the U.S. to attack North Korea.
