Events that led to the Civil War

Front

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 established that slavery could not spread into new territory north of which line of latitude?

Back

36'30

Front

__________________ became a slave state as a result of the Missouri Compromise.

Back

Missouri

Front

In 1848, the US acquired a vast amount of territory after its' victory over ____________.

Back

Mexico

Front

The acquisition of this new land led to the Compromise of ____________.

Back

1850

Front

The Compromise of 1850 made ___________ a free state.

Back

California

Front

The most hated provision of the Compromise of 1850 for abolitionists was __________________.

Back

The Fugitive Slave Act

Front

The Compromise of 1850 made ________________ illegal in Washington, DC

Back

the slave trade

Front

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in 1854. It allowed the people in these territories to vote on whether to allow slavery. This concept of allowing the people to choose whether their state would be free or slave was known as _______________________________.

Back

popular sovereignty

Front

The idea of popular sovereignty was popular in the ________________.

Back

South

Front

As a result of popular sovereignty, fighting erupted in 1855 in the territory of _________________ between pro-slavery forces and settlers who opposed the spread of slavery.

Back

Kansas