Civil War - Causes

Question 1

As part of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

According to which law could a person be fined or imprisoned for helping a runaway slave?

Accepted Answer

Fugitive Slave Act

Question 3

When the United States added new territory in the 1840s, ____.

Accepted Answer

the debate over slavery started again

Question 4

Name used in 1856 newspaper stories about events in Lawrence, Kansas

Accepted Answer

Bleeding Kansas

Question 5

South was happy about the Wilmot Proviso.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Name for a war between citizens of the same country.

Accepted Answer

Civil War

Question 7

The line that marked the division between slave and free states (Missouri Compromise).

Accepted Answer

36 degress latitude, 30 minutes north.

Question 8

This ended the slave trade in D.C and included a Fugitive Slave Act.

Accepted Answer

Compromise of 1850

Question 9

This proposal would have banned slavery in territory gained from Mexico.

Accepted Answer

Wilmot Proviso

Question 10

This led to the issue of slavery being decided in states via popular vote (popular sovereignty)

Accepted Answer

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 11

Theory that states are independent & have the right to control their important affairs.

Accepted Answer

States Rights'

Question 12

In what state did the 1st fighting between pro-slavery supporters & abolitionists take place?

Accepted Answer

Kansas

Question 13

CA became a free state but future states were to have no limit on slavery thanks to _____.

Accepted Answer

Compromise of 1850

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