Causes Of The Civil War

States in the South believed:

• They should have more representatives in Congress than the Northern states.

• That all territories in America should NOT be allowed to vote on the issue of slavery.

• That State's Rights should have more political power than the Federal Government.

• The Southern senators should be allowed to create bills without approval from their State Governments.

Who threatened to leave the Union after President Lincoln was elected as President in 1860?

• Southern States

• Northern States

• Western Territories

• Great Britain

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use their political power and VOTE whether or not they would allow slavery in their state. What was this power called?

• Sectionalism

• State's Rights

• Popular Sovereignty

• Secession

Which of the following statements about the sides in the Civil War is correct?

• Union: South

  Confederacy: North

• Union: South

  Confederacy: West

• Union: West

  Confederacy: South

• Union: North

  Confederacy: South

Showing loyalty to a certain region or section rather than the whole country is known as:

• States' Rights

• Secede

• Sharecropper

• Sectionalism

When was the Civil War? (Hint: It began when Texas joined the Confederacy)

• 1861-176

• 1861-1865

• 1870-1876

• 2015-2019

Which was a cause of the Civil War?

• Slavery

• State's Rights

• Sectionalism

• All of the above

How did the Compromise of 1850 affect to both Freedmen and Escaped Slaves?

• It ruled that neither could vote in Southern States.

• It stated that they could work in the North only with special permission.

• Both Freedmen & Escaped Slaves could be captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.

• It did not affect Freedmen & Escaped Slaves.

1) The Kansas-Nebraska Act

2) The Missouri Compromise

3) The Compromise of 1850

What did the above 3 acts address?

• Whether or not the U.S. should expand Westward.

• Whether or not Slavery should be allowed in the U.S.

• If the U.S. should go to War with Mexico.

• If the U.S. should grow more Cotton & Wheat.

What happened when Governor Sam Houston refused to let Texas join the Confederacy?

• Texas removed him as Governor and replaced him with someone loyal to the Confederacy.

• Texas respected his decision and decided to join the Union against the Confederacy.

• The Confederacy considered his refusal a betrayal and attacked Texas.

• Sam Houston asked President Lincoln to send in the National Guard to force Texas to stay in the Union.