Key Events and Terms of the Civil War Era

What is the significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• A novel highlighting the horrors of slavery.

• A novel about the American Revolution.

• A novel about the Industrial Revolution.

• A novel about the Civil Rights Movement.

What was John Brown's Raid?

• An 1859 attempt to initiate a slave uprising.

• A peaceful protest against slavery.

• A political campaign for abolition.

• A military operation during the Civil War.

What was the Dred Scott Decision?

• Supreme Court ruling denying citizenship to slaves.

• A law granting freedom to all slaves.

• A decision to end the Civil War.

• A ruling to support the Missouri Compromise.

What was the Missouri Compromise?

• 1820 agreement balancing slave and free states.

• A treaty with Native American tribes.

• A compromise to end the Civil War.

• An agreement to abolish slavery.

What were the Border States?

• Slave states that remained in the Union.

• States that seceded from the Union.

• Free states that joined the Confederacy.

• Neutral states during the Civil War.

Who is an Abolitionist?

• Person advocating for the end of slavery.

• Person supporting the continuation of slavery.

• Person indifferent to the issue of slavery.

• Person advocating for the expansion of slavery.

What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

• Law requiring return of escaped slaves.

• Law granting freedom to escaped slaves.

• Law protecting escaped slaves.

• Law abolishing slavery.

What does it mean to Secede?

• To withdraw formally from an organization or union.

• To join an organization or union.

• To negotiate a treaty.

• To declare war.

What was the Compromise of 1850?

• Series of laws to ease tensions over slavery.

• A single law to abolish slavery.

• A peace treaty to end the Civil War.

• An agreement to expand slavery.

What was the significance of the Election of 1860?

• Election that led to Southern states' secession.

• Election that ended the Civil War.

• Election that abolished slavery.

• Election that united the North and South.