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Events Leading To The Civil War. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Which of the following events occurred first?
a) Election of 1860
b) Missouri Compromise
c) Fugitive Slave Act
d) Dred Scott vs Sanford Supreme Court Decision

Which event created a line of latitude that would determine if a state in that area had a slave or free status?
a) Missouri Compromise
b) Dred Scott vs Sanford
c) Nullification Crisis
d) Compromise of 1850

The Nullification Crisis was about ___________________.
a) slavery.
b) state's rights, specifically about tariffs
c) suffrage
d) the balance of slave and free states

Abraham Lincoln was the first president of this newly formed political party.
a) Federalist
b) Democrat
c) Whig
d) Republican

This event allowed southern slave owners to look for their escaped slaves.
a) Nullification Crisis
b) Missouri Compromise
c) Fugitive Slave Act
d) Election of 1860

In the Dred Scott vs Sanford supreme court decision what did the supreme court say?
a) Slaves are free and should be citizens in free territory.
b) Slaves are property and property owners can take their property anywhere.
c) Slaves should be sent to another country.
d) That all African-Americans in the US are free and have voting rights.

What was the name of the group of people that fought to end slavery?
a) Abolitionists
b) Sectionalists
c) Libertarians
d) Democrats

The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin did which of the following?
a) Showed how economical it is to own slaves.
b) Exposed how horrible slavery is.
c) Taught others how to be a slave owner.
d) Explained to slaves how they can escape.

The final event that caused South Carolina to secede from the United States was_____________.
a) the Nullification Crisis
b) the Missouri Compromise
c) the Election of 1860
d) the Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed voters to decide on their free / slave status as a state. This is known as what principle of the Constitution?
a) Popular Sovereignty
b) Republicanism
c) Limited Government
d) Checks and Balances

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