Causes of the Civil War

Who was the slave who sued the United States government for his freedom but lost? 

What was the secret network used by slaves to escape slavery?

What is the word?  -means to break away or leave the United States.

Abraham Lincoln was running for president, his goal was NOT to ____________________ .

In the Kansas-Nebraska Act people voted on slavery. That is an example of __________ .

When Abraham Lincoln was running for President he did NOT try to abolish slavery everywhere.

The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens and that they were property. 

New territories could vote to determine it they wanted to allow slavery or not. 

The North and South made several political compromises before the Civil War started.

John Brown led a raid or attack on _______________.

Why was the Missouri Compromise important? 

Which region of the United States had more slaves?

In 1850, the South got a new law called the __________________.

John Brown was a radical _______________.

What were the two states that entered the Union with the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

California was admitted to the Union in the Compromise of 1850 as a FREE state or SLAVE state?

It means when two opposing groups work together to find a solution that both side can support

The tension and violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas was called ____>

Which part of the United States had more railroads?

How did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 help the Southern slave owners?