Events Leading to the Civil War

The People Rule, the people get to vote.

• Popular Surrender

• Popular Sorry

• Popular Surrogacy

• Popular Sovereignty

To leave a country.

• Annex

• Cede

• Siege

• Secede

The Fugitive Slave Act is passed stating that Northerners are required to return runaway slaves or pay a fine or go to jail.

• True

• False

This created the 36’30 line saying no slavery above it but slavery is allowed below it.

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Lincoln's Election of 1860

The Court ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in any federal territory.

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Dred Scott vs Sanford

This act states that any Northerner that does not return a runaway slave will either go to jail for 6 months or pay a $1,000 fine.

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Fugitive Slave Act

This is a person who is trying to end slavery.

• slave owner

• secessionist

• prohibitionist

• abolitionist

This was the first state to secede (leave) the Union after Lincoln won the 1860 election and 10 other states followed.

• Texas

• Louisiana

• Georgia

• South Carolina

In this case, the court ruled that African Americans were not citizens and could not sue in federal court.

• Brown vs The Board of Education

• Dred Scott vs Sanford

• New York Times vs Sullivan

• Marbury vs Madison

This was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery and increased support for the abolitionist movement.

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• Dred Scott vs Sanford

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry