Gate-Chapter 1

(a)   allowed territories to decide the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty.

• Missouri Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Act

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Fort Sumter

• Appomattox

Who led a raid on Harpers Ferry in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

• Jefferson Davis

Match the following compromises with their descriptions.

• Required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners

• Missouri Compromise

• Admitted California as a free state and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law

• Compromise of 1850

• Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Allowed territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

What were the multiple causes of the Civil War?

• Sectionalism, slavery, and differing views of states' rights

• Economic policies, foreign invasions, and religious differences

• Industrialization, immigration, and urbanization

• Trade disputes, territorial expansion, and political corruption

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 achieve?

• It allowed Missouri to become a free state

• It allowed Missouri to become a slave state and Maine a free state

• It banned slavery in all new territories

• It allowed California to become a free state

What was the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• It allowed California to become a free state

• It led to the Dred Scott decision

• It broke down the system of compromise

• It ended the Civil War

Match the following statements with their corresponding events:

• South Carolina's declaration

• The beginning of the Civil War

• Fort Sumter

• The secession of Southern states

• Appomattox Court House

• The end of the Civil War

• Emancipation Proclamation

• The emancipation of slaves in states still in rebellion

What were the outcomes of the Civil War?

• The Union was dissolved, and the federal government weakened

• The Union was preserved, and the federal government strengthened

• The South gained independence, and slavery was expanded

• The North seceded, and the South became a separate nation

What was one of the effects of economic development and westward expansion in the United States?

• Unification of social systems

• Creation of a single national identity

• Each region developing its own distinct social system

• Immediate end to sectionalism