Review the Cause of Civil War

What invention led to the need for more slaves while making work more efficient for them?

• the telephone

• the telegraph

• the cotton gin

• the railroad

What abolitionist leader led a rebellion on the Federal Armory at Harpers Ferry?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown

• James Buchanan

• Stephen A. Douglass

What act overturned the Missouri Compromise and allowed states the right to popular sovereignty (right to choose) in the new territories?

• The Kansas/Maryland Act

• The Pennsylvania/New Jersey Act

• The Kansas/Nebraska Act

• The Nebraska/Texas Act

What person was enslaved and tried to sue for his freedom due to the fact that he was enslaved in a free territory?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen A. Douglass

• George Washington

• Dred Scot

What series of events allowed Lincoln to become famous for his country charm and his viewpoints on the spread of slavery?

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Lincoln/Douglass Debates

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Emancipation Proclamation

Which act said essentially that slaves had to be returned to the south and that anyone caught helping would also be punished?

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Lincoln/Douglass Debates

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Emancipation Proclamation

What term means to leave as in the union?

• Succession

• Quitting

• Exiting

• Leaving

What act made slavery legal only below the 36’30 line and illegal above it?

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Denver Exchange

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Kansas/Nebraska Act

What event led to Lincoln becoming the leader of the union?

• The Election of 1800

• The Assassination of the President

• The Election of 1860

• The Debate of the Senate

What was the biggest issue dividing America from the start of the country all the way through the 1860s?

• slavery

• Republic

• Democracy

• Freedom