Civil War - Chapter 1

Which of the following describes slavery's role in the Southern economy?

What led to violence in Kansas in 1854?

What was the North's point of view on slavery by the 1850s?

What officially started the Civil War?

Which of the following is a reason Southern states seceded from the Union?

Which of the following describes the lifestyle of free African Americans?

Which of the following was a slave rebellion that ended in the slaves returning to Africa?

I wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel which exposed the cruelties of slavery

Law where California was admitted as a free state and Fugitive Slave Law was passed

In what region of the US were most of the nation's cities located by the 1850s?

Law passed that said escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners

Who am I?

I'm the new President of the Confederate States of America

I'm a senator from Illinois who believed in states' rights. "The little giant"

Why were people outraged at the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

What problem did the Missouri Compromise solve?

law passed in 1820 that divided the Louisiana Territory into a southern area and northern area

Where did most Southerners live by the mid-1850s?

Law allowing the people of two territories to vote on whether to be free or slave

Which of the following is one way in which slaves resisted slavery?

area located between the Union and Confederacy that allowed slavery, but did not secede

What did the North hope to achieve by fighting the Civil War?

Which statement represents Lincoln's and Douglas's views on slavery?

What means did Harriet Tubman and others use to help slaves reach freedom in the North?