Causes of the Civil War
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- Q1The Compromise of 1850 was created because of what state's request to join the U.S.?NebraskaTexasCaliforniaNew Mexico30s
- Q2What idea would allow the people of the territory to decide on whether they wanted slavery or not?States' RightsPopular SovereigntyAbolitionCompromise30s
- Q3What was the name of the federal law that made it a crime to assist runaway slaves?Aide de CampFugitive Slave LawSuffrage LawProhibition Law30s
- Q4Who authored the Missouri Compromise & the Compromise of 1850?Jefferson DavisZachary TylerHenry ClayStephen Douglas30s
- Q5Which of these was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?Created a new Fugitive Slave LawCalifornia entered the U.S. as a free stateIt abolished slavery in the United StatesEnded the slave trade in Washington D.C.30s
- Q6Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?Joyce Carol OatesElizabeth Cady StantonHarriet Beecher StoweMary Wollstonecraft Shelley30s
- Q7Who wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act and debated Abraham Lincoln on the issue of slavery?Stephen DouglasDavid WilmotStephen MalloryJohn Breckenridge30s
- Q8In what territory did fighting break out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery group before the Civil War?CaliforniaMissouriSouth CarolinaKansas30s
- Q9Who was the radical abolitionist led a raid to capture the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry?John BrownRobert PurvisDred ScottJohn Harrison30s
- Q10What was the name of the new political party formed after the Kansas-Nebraska Act whose goal was to stop the spread of slavery?Democratic PartyWhigsAmerica PartyRepublican Party30s
- Q11What slave sued his master for his freedom in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1857?Solomon NorthupDred ScottNat TurnerFrederick Douglass30s
- Q12Who Republican won the Presidential Election of 1860?Grover ClevelandJohn AdamsAbraham LincolnJames Carter30s
- Q13What was the first state to secede from the U.S. after the election of 1860?AlabamaGeorgiaSouth CarolinaTexas30s
- Q14How many states would eventually join the Confederate States of America10114730s
- Q15Who was the President of the Confederate States of AmericaAndrew ButlerAndrew JohsonJefferson DavisRobert E. Lee30s