Slavery throughout the United States was
permanently abolished by the
What is the 13th Amendment?
100
• Publication of The Liberator
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott decision
The events listed above all contributed to the
What is the outbreak of the Civil War?
100
What is a major result of the Supreme Court decisions in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)?
What is the powers of the federal government were
expanded?
100
One major advantage the North had over the South in the Civil War was ______________
What is more factories, higher population, more railroads, etc...
100
Abolitionists in the pre–Civil War period were most likely to support
What are the activities of the Underground Railroad?
200
The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by
What is intensifying Northern dislike of slavery?
200
Which event led directly to the secession of several Southern states from the Union?
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln as president?
200
President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War included
What is reuniting the nation as quickly as possible?
200
The major crop that boosted the Southern Economy through slave labor and plantations.
What is cotton?
200
The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
300
A primary reason for the passage of the 14th amendment in 1868 was to
What is guarantee citizenship rights to the newly
freed slaves?
300
Which group benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?
Who are slave owners?
300
After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to
What is guarantee African Americans equal treatment
under the law?
300
The right way to settle the question of slavery in the territories is to let the people who live there determine if their state is to be slave or free.
What is popular sovereignty?
300
The constitutional controversy that led directly to the start of the Civil War concerned the right of states to
What is secede from the Union?
400
The Missouri Compromise temporarily solved the issues between Northern and Southern states by doing what
What is the balance between free and slave states
was maintained.
400
Which constitutional principle was the main
focus of the North–South conflicts that led to the
Civil War
What is States Rights?
400
African Americans rights were limited immediately following the Civil War after the passing of what laws
What are black codes?
400
Which famous person would agree with the following statement...
"Secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the Union."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between
Who are proslavery and antislavery groups?
500
The social contract theory as used in the Declaration of Independence was most directly influenced by the writings of
Who is John Locke?
500
Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton supported the creation of the Bank of the United States because it would
What is help ensure the economic stability of the new
nation?
500
The Reconstruction plans of President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson were similar in that they
What is intended to bring the Southern States back into the Union as quickly as possible.
500
“Since the Southern states never legally left the
Union, they should be restored to the Union as
soon as possible.”
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
In the 1850s, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?
What is The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in
the United States.