Causes of the Civil War
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- Q1After the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed, Northerners headed for Kansas becausethey wanted to create an antislavery majority there.jobs working on the transcontinental railroad were available there.the climate and rich soil promised better farming than the North could offer.Southern immigrants there were campaigning to secede from the Union.30s
- Q2John Brown’s intention in raiding the arsenal at Harpers Ferry was to armslaveholders so they could defend themselves against a slave insurrection.Virginians for civil war.slaves and begin an insurrection against slaveholders.his followers so they could overthrow the federal government.30s
- Q3The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of ____ in the territories.abolitionismslaveryfree soilpopular sovereignty30s
- Q4The clash and political fallout between Congressman Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina and Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts in 1856 revealed thatdespite divisions over slavery, the House of Representatives would unite to expel a member for bad conduct.despite stark differences over the issue of slavery, a political compromise and consensus over slavery was likely to emerge in Congress.there were stark divisions between the House and the Senate over slavery in the Democratic party.assions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South.30s
- Q5______________________ was the idea that the citizens of each new territory should be allowed to decide for themselves if they wanted to permit slavery or not.popular sovereigntyfree soilnativismabolition30s
- Q6Because of his role in promoting the Missouri Compromise in 1850 and solving the nullification crisis in 1833, ____________________ was nicknamed "The Great Compromiser."John BrownPreston BrooksHenry ClayJohn C. Calhoun30s
- Q7Many historians consider Uncle Tom's Cabin, by _______________________________, to be one of the causes of the Civil War.John BrownHarriet Beecher StoweCharles SumnerPreston Brooks30s
- Q8The ____________________ Party was an anti-Catholic and nativist party, also known as the "know nothing" party.RepublicanAmericanGreenDemocrat30s
- Q9The politician who said "a house divided against itself cannot stand" was _________________________.John BrownStephen DouglasAbraham LincolnPreston Brooks30s
- Q10The dissolution of the Union began with the secession of the state of ____________________.BeingNew YorkTexasSouth Carolina30s
- Q11The Confederacy chose ____________________ as its president.John BrownJefferson DavisCharles SumnerHarriet Beecher Stowe30s
- Q12John Brownopposed slaverysupported slavery30s
- Q13Charles Sumneropposed slaverysupported slavery30s
- Q14Preston Brookssupported slaveryopposed slavery30s
- Q15Harriet Beecher Stoweopposed slaverysupported slavery30s