Civil War Notebook Check 5/24

All but one is considered as an event that led to the Civil War. Which one is not a cause of the Civil War?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
• Constitutional Convention
• Dred Scott Decision
• Election of 1860
• Secession of the southern states

John Brown was an ___________(fill in the blank)

• democrat
• abolitionist
• southern soldier
• an industrialist

John Brown and his men raided this place to steal weapons to start a slave revolt.

• Washington, D.C.
• Richmond, Virginia
• Kansas City, Nebraska
• Harpers Ferry, Virginia

Dred Scott sued the U.S. government for his freedom in 1857. According to the Supreme Court, all but one of these things is true of their decision in this case.

• Dred Scott was a freeman.
• Dred Scott was a slave.
• The Court applied the 5th Amendment property clause.
• "a negro could not be a citizen"

Why did Representative Preston Brooks beat Senator Sumner over the head with his cane?

• Brooks delivered a pro-slavery speech on the Senate floor.
• Sumner delivered an abolitionist speech that insulted the Southerners
• Sumner refused to vote for an anti-slavery amendment.
• Representative Preston Brooks challenged him to a duel.

Which Amendment?

• 1st
• 4th
• 5th
• 10th

In 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas had a brilliant idea to solve the slavery issue: Allow the states to decide whether they wanted to be free or slave states. What was the term for this concept?

• law of democracy
• A bill in the Senate
• a Constitutional Amendment
• popular sovereignty

This law stated, "Anyone helping or harboring runaway slaves will be punished by the law. The slaves will be returned."

• Missouri Compromise 1820
• Fugitive Slave Act 1850
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln ran for what political party in the election of 1860?

• Democrats
• Southern Democrats
• Whigs
• Republicans

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at...

• Fort Wagner
• Richmond, VA
• Charleston, SC
• Fort Sumter