Causes of Civil War 1

Which compromise banned slavery above the southern border of Missouri?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Answer explanation

Missouri Compromise was needed to keep the balance of slave and free states in the United States Senate.

How did the debate over slavery impact the American political parties in the mid-1850s?

• The debate over slavery caused a decrease in voter turnout.

• slavery led to increased economic prosperity.

• debate over slavery caused a rise in immigration.

• new political parties formed around the issue of slavery.

Answer explanation

Two political parties got started around this time, the Free-Soil Party was made up of people who opposed slavery. The Republican Party formed around the same issue a little bit later. Only the Republican Party remains today.

Antislavery Whigs and Democrats joined with Free-Soil party members to make the Republican Party in 1854.

• True

• False

The Underground Railroad experienced a rise in activity following the Fugitive Slave Act.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Did you know that the Underground Railroad was not actually a railroad but a secret network of people and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom?

The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War

• Sherman's March to Sea
• Gettysburg
• Atlanta Campaign
• Fort Sumter

Where did John Brown attack in hopes of beginning a slave revolt?

• Gettysburg
• Harpers Ferry
• Vicksburg
• Pottawatomie Creek

This picture represents what event?

• Bleeding Kansas
• The Compromise of 1850
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act
• The Missouri Compromise

The Civil Rights Movement is mostly characterized by-

• non-violent civil disobedience

• violence and riots

• economic prosperity

• political corruption

Locate the territory where slavery was prohibited according to the Missouri Compromise.

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8.10A

Act made it a federal law that all runaway slaves MUST be returned to their owners in the south. 

• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1850