What event caused fear among southerners that there would be more slave rebellions?

John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

All of the following were part of the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:

New Mexico and Utah were free territories

Banned slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico

Why did slaves flee to Canada, rather than staying in the Northern U.S.?

They could be captured in the North & returned to the South

Two causes of the Civil War include:

The Dred Scott Decision and Secession

Why did the Supreme Court (Dred Scott Decision) rule the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?

Congress could not ban slavery in the territories

What issue concerned the US as new states were added?

Whether slavery should be allowed in the Louisiana Territory

What event sparked the Civil War?

South Carolina's firing on Fort Sumter

The major solution of the Missouri Compromise was:

Missouri was added as a slave state; Maine was free

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Unit 10: Causes of the Civil War

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1
What event caused fear among southerners that there would be more slave rebellions?
The Compromise of 1850
The Election of 1860
Uncle Tom's Cabin
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
2
What was the group of organized northern states known as?
The Wilmot Proviso
The Confederacy
Fugitives
The Union
3
All of the following were part of the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:
the slave trade ended in Washington, D.C.
New Mexico and Utah were free territories
California was admitted as a free state
The Fugitive Slave Act
4
Which Supreme Court ruling decided, among other things, that slaves could not be citizens?
The Dred Scott Case
The Fugitive Slave Act
Harpers Ferry
The Missouri Compromise
5
The Wilmot Proviso:
Officially separates one thing from another
The name given to people who fought for the North
Is a condition added to an agreement
Banned slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico
6
Who wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sojourner Truth
7
Why did slaves flee to Canada, rather than staying in the Northern U.S.?
There were no economic opportunities in Canada
They could be captured in the North & returned to the South
Slaves were needed to populate rural areas in Canada
They could travel quickly up the Missouri River to Montreal
8
Two causes of the Civil War include:
Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Stamp Act
The Dred Scott Decision and Secession
Secession and the Lincoln-Adams Debates
The Compromise of 1850 and the Stamp Act
9
The South's separation from the Union was an example of:
The Confederacy
Fugitives
secession
The Wilmot Proviso
10
Which act overturned the Missouri Compromise and allowed citizens to vote on slavery laws?
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Sugar Act
The Fugitive Slave Act
11
Why did the Supreme Court (Dred Scott Decision) rule the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?
An African-American man cannot sue for his freedom
The 36*30 line was not in the right spot
Congress could not ban slavery in the territories
Missouri was not a state
12
What issue concerned the US as new states were added?
Whether slavery could be abolished peacefully
Whether slavery should be banned in the nation's capital
Whether slavery should be allowed in the Louisiana Territory
whether or not the slave trade should continue
13
What major event showed the division of the US?
Lincoln's victory in 1860
Douglas's victory in 1860
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
The Missouri Compromise
14
Which of your vocabulary words describes the southern states that seceded from the north?
Wilmot Proviso
Union
Fugitive
Confederacy
15
What event sparked the Civil War?
Lincoln's election as president
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
South Carolina's firing on Fort Sumter
16
The major solution of the Missouri Compromise was:
Both Kansas and Nebraska entered the Union
Slavery was banned in the South
Missouri was added as a slave state; Maine was free
Maine was added as a slave state; Missouri was free
17
What fort did South Carolina fire on?
Ft. Worth
Ft. Castillo
Ft. Summer
Ft. Sumter
18
What book was written to expose the horrors of slavery?
John Brown's Cabin
Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad
The Constitution
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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What Compromise admitted Maine as free and Missouri as slave, satisfying the north and south?
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
South Carolina Compromise
Missouri Compromise

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