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8th Grade American History - Causes For the Civil War Test
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Many abolitionists in the East wanted to...
expand the Fugitive Slave Act
send weapons to anti-slavery citizens in easternKansas
prevent fugitive slaves from crossing into Canada
acquire the slave territory of Cuba
2
Led the squad of U.S. Marines that captured John Brown at Harpers Ferry
Colonel Robert E. Lee
Henry Clay
Roger B. Taney
Abraham Lincoln
3
Wrote the powerful antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Sumner
Harriet Beecher Stowe
4
After Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner on the Senatefloor,
Sumner was fined $300 and was expelled
many southerners sent Brooks new canes
Brooks and Sumner apologized to each other
people in the South nicknamed the attacker,“Bully Brooks.”
5
Some northerners reacted to the hanging of John Brown by...
celebrating his death with speeches against violence
freeing their slaves
mourning his death by ringing church bells
passing laws to outlaw abolition meetings
6
The majority of the justices who heard the Dred Scottcase
were from the South
attended West Point with the Chief Justice
Believed a future ruling would stop states banningslavery
were from the North
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The act of formally withdrawing from the Union
secession
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Charles Sumner
popular sovereignty
8
Victor in the 1860 presidential race
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Sumner
Roger B. Taney
Colonel Robert E. Lee
9
Alarmed by the number of accused fugitive slaves who were returned to the South after 1850,
thousands of African Americans in the North fled to Canada
abolitionists stormed jails and freed dozens of fugitives.
the North refused to decide any case not tried by jury.
Delany organized an aid company to free African Americans
10
After John Brown seized the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry,
he distributed arms and ammunition to slaves
U.S. Marines arrived to protect Brown’s army
he hoped slaves in the region would join him, but nonedid
enslaved Blacks from surrounding area quickly joinedhim
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Allowed voters in a particular territory to decide whether they wanted to ban or permit slavery
Henry Clay
Charles Sumner
secession
popular sovereignty
12
The question of whether California would be admitted to the Union as a free or a slave state...
by Stephen Douglas in what became the Freeport Doctrine.
was the primary argument in the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
led Stephen Douglas to make a bill to divide the state
led Henry Clay to make deals for the issues of disagreement.
13
Supreme Court ruled Congress couldn't stop someone from taking slaves into federal territory
the status of slaves depended on the laws of eachstate
slaves were considered property.
federal territories were ruled by popular sovereignty.
slaves were not citizens under the U.S. Constitution
14
The Fugitive Slave Act was enacted into law...
by Congress, by approval of legislatures in free states.
by Congress, as a part of the Compromise of 1850.
free states had special commissioners paid by legislatures.
according to the requirements of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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The “Great Compromiser” was
Millard Fillmore.
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
John Brown
16
The Confederate States of America was...
established by the South Carolina legislature inDec. 1860
unofficial confederation of seven seceded states
formed in 1861 by Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens
a new nation with its own constitution and officials
17
Chief Justice who wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott decision
Abraham Lincoln
Roger B. Taney
Henry Clay
Colonel Robert E. Lee
18
The U.S. Constitution does not directly address the issue of...
sectionalism.
slavery.
popular sovereignty.
secession.
19
Pres. candidate who opposed the spread of slavery but promised not to support abolishing it
Stephen Douglas
John C. Breckinridge
Abraham Lincoln
John Bell
20
Kentucky senator who proposed the Compromise of 1850
Roger B. Taney
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Colonel Robert E. Lee
21
The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott was not free because
he was, the property of Dr. Emerson and their descendants
Scott was not a U.S. citizen
his status, depended on the laws of where his owner lived
he had not been given freedom while living in free territory
22
Lincoln challenged Douglas to a series of debates in Illinois to...
gain voter recognition alongside his popular opponent.
show the central issue as the abolishment of slavery
focus on the issue of race not on the extension of slavery.
show he was not in favor of equality for African Americans.
23
The first state to formally withdraw from the Union was
Alabama
South Carolina.
Mississippi.
Texas
24
A South Carolina congressman became violent in the Senate chamber when a Northern Senator...
threw personal insults at senator & the state of S Carolina.
North and South party members disagreed on a singlecandidate
nation would be better off were John C. Calhoun not exist
criticized the actions of pro-slavery people in Kansas
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Party focused on respecting the Constitution, preserving Union, & enforcing the national laws
the Constitutional Union Party.
the Free-Soil Party
the Republican Party
the Democratic Party
26
Stephen Douglas introduced the Kansas-Nebraska billafter southern senators ...
supported his plan if he supported a railroad from New
sided with President Taylor on the Californiaquestion
promised to honor the Compromise of 1850
agreed to abandon their plan for a southern railroad
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Retired from politics for years after a southern congressman beat him unconscious in the Senate
Roger B. Taney
Charles Sumner
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
28
When California applied for statehood, most its residents wanted California to enter the Union
as a slave state.
according to the requirements of the Missouri Compromise.
as a slave state if New Mexico was admitted as a free state.
as a free state.
29
Henry Ward Beecher helped
settlers move from “Bleeding Kansas” to the Nebraska
antislavery settlers purchase more land in Kansas
northern families move to Kansas to make the territory free
send weapons to free-soil settlers in Kansas
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In 1854 Stephen Douglas introduced a bill in Congress that would divide the...
Louisiana Purchase in 2, each decide slavery by popular vote
Louisiana Purch as 1 territory with slavery Banned in North
Mex Cession into two regions, one Free and the other slave
Mex Cession into one territory with slavery allowed in South
