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Lead up to Civil War
Lead up to Civil War
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1
Required all citizens to catch and return runaway slaves.
Underground Railroad
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Fugitive Slave Act
2
What was the state that left the union first?
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alabama
South Carolina
3
What was NOT a characteristic of the constitution of the Confederate States of America?
closely resembled the U.S. Constitution
implied that states had the right to secede
outlawed slavery in all states
stressed the independence of each state
4
The conflict over the slavery turned violent with the passage of what?
the Dred Scott decision and firing at Fort Sumter
Slavery and Civil War
Fugitive Slave Law and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Compromise of 1860 and Missouri Compromise
5
Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?
Dred Scott
Jefferson Davis
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
6
Who was hanged for killing five proslavery settlers?
Dred Scott
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Henry Clay
7
By the end of the 1850s, attempts at compromise over slavery had __________.
failed
triumphed
succeeded
ended
8
In 1861, after the Civil War started, Kansas joined the Union as a what?
independent state
neutral state
free state
slave state
9
Southern states who seceded from the union formed a new country called what?
Lone Star Republic
United States of America
Confederate States of America
United Confederate States of America
10
Who wrote
Uncle Tom's Cabin
?
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dred Scott
11
slave who sued for his freedom on the grounds that his owner had taken him to a free state
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
Dred Scott
12
Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis
Dred Scott
13
how long did the Civil War last?
5 years
3 years
4 years
2 years
14
what is a Not a reason southern states succeeded from the union?
wanted to keep slavery in tact
wanted more states rights
wanted their taxes lowered
felt they no longer had a voice in the national government.
15
Free blacks and Northern abolitionists organized an escape network called
what?
Harriet Tubman
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Underground Railroad
16
Lincoln urged peace between the Confederacy and the Union at the beginning of his presidency.
True
False
17
Who was elected president in 1860?
James Polk
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
18
What was not an issue leading up to the election of 1860?
whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories
whether the Confederate State of America would allow slavery
whether Kansas would be a slave state or free state
anger over the Dred Scott decision and Fugitive Slave Act
19
Who won the battle at Fort Sumter?
Confederates
South
Union
North
20
Who led many people to freedom on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Dred Scott
Harriet Beecher Stowe