Events Leading to the Civil War

This was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850

• Compromise of 1850

• Underground Railroad

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Wilmot Proviso

What was the key difference between the Northern and Southern economies that helped lead to war?

• The Southern economy depended on slavery and the Northern economy did not

• The North was predominantly Protestant and had organized religion

• North was more populous than the South

• the South was agricultural and the North focused on Industry

Which state was admitted as a free state as a result of the Missouri compromise that added Missouri as a slave state?

• Louisiana
• California
• Maine
• Florida

What was the main issue in the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854?

• The process for a land lottery system in Kansas and Nebraska
• The process for voting for or against high tariffs
• Whether or not Kansas or Nebraska would become states added to the Union (United States)
• The process for voting on slavery in Kansas and Nebraska

What does "secede" mean?

• something use to plant in the dirt
• rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
• to withdraw or break away from a nation
• the separation or isolation of a race

Who was the enslaved man who argued for his freedom because he used to live in a free state?

• Dred Scott
• John Brown
• Harriett Beecher Stowe
• Harriett Tubman

What law helped southern slaveholders get their runaway slaves back?

• Fugitive Slave Act
• Runaway Act
• 2nd Amendment
• Slaveholder Law

Which of the following events was when pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers fought violently?

• Compromise of 1850
• War of 1812
• Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding  Kansas 
• Underground Railroad 

Abolitionists ___________________ slavery and convinced other to organize the Underground Railroad. 

• enjoyed
• wanted 
• opposed 
• started 

What was responsible for bringing up slavery issues and contributing to the Civil War?

• Missouri Compromise
• Dred Scott decision
• Manifest Destiny