Causes of the Civil War

Which of the following allowed Missouri to become a slave state and Maine to become a free state?

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• 3/5th Compromise

• Great Compromise

Which cause of the civil war allowed citizens to vote on their states slave status?

• Dred Scott Case

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas - Nebraska Act

• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

(a)   Sovereignty means that citizens of a territory vote on their slave status

What did the Dred Scott Case (decision) say about slavery

• the Supreme Court deferred to state law

• slavery would be ended slowly over time

• The Supreme Court ruled that slavery had to end immediately

• slavery was protected because it could spread

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• allowed runaway slaves to be arrested

• made assisting runaway slaves a crime

• the Underground Railroad became popular

• runaway slaves had to be returned to their owners

What was the result of Kansas Nebraska Act?

• pro slavery groups moved into the Kansas territory

• anti-slavery groups moved into the Kansas territory

• Bleeding Kansas

• Kansas became slave state

Why did sectionalism increase after the Mexican American War?

• The U.S. lost the war

• Mexico gained a large amount of land including Texas

• conflict over the expansion of slavery increased

• all new territory was equally divided into slave & free states

How did the Wilmot Proviso increase sectionalism?

• popular sovereignty was used to solve the issue

• the Norhtern states gained more territory

• slave states were told to free their slaves

• balance of slave & free states was threatened