Causes of the American Civil War

Check ALL that apply: Jefferson Davis was _____ before he became President of the Confederate States of America

number of northern states who refused to help capture fugitive slaves by 1850

True/False: Dred Scott was the first slave to sue for their freedom after being taken to free territory.

Who wrote the bestsellerUncle Tom's Cabin?

______: a person who has escaped from a place/ is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest/ persecution

John Brown's Raid was supposed to begin

Dred Scott had been born a slave and was owned by

U.S. commander who forced Japan to accept an unequal treaty to open trade with the U.S.

the document that tried to force the Spanish to sell Cuba to America or America would declare WAR on Spain

Uncle Tom's Cabin enflamed the South, claiming the book was

The Lecompton Constitution

The Constitutional Union Party supported

The "Young America" Movement wanted President Pierce to expand America

author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

True/False: Fugitive slaves were allowed to testify in court on their own behalf after capture.

Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the issue of slavery to be

John Brown's Raid was a plan supported by

The Compromise of 1850 allowed all of the following except

The Know-Nothings were all of the following except

Congressman who represented the North while debating the Compromise of 1850

Chief Justice Taney ruled all of the following in Dred Scott v. Sandford case except

True/False: Abraham Lincoln was unanimously elected as the first Republican president.

Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas held a series of debates for this position

Disheartened by the Dred Scott Decision, Frederick Douglass considered emigrating to

The ____ allowed slave owners to capture escaped slaves with federal support.