Causes of Civil War

Question 1

What are the three conditions of the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 1

1. Missouri is slave state
2. Maine is free; keeps balance
3. Slavery is prohibited north of 36 ‘30 latitude-Missouri’s southern border.

Question 2

What is the Tariff of 1812?

Answer 2

The tariff put a tax on imports, which upset the south, and they stuck to calling it the Tariff of Abomination.

Question 3

Define Fugitive Slave Law.

Answer 3

A crime to help runaway slaves and allow officials to arrest those in free areas.

Question 4

What was the reaction of the Fugitive SLave Law?

Answer 4

North: uncomfortable with powers of commissioners, angry

South: enforcement began immediately

Question 5

What was “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?

Answer 5

A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, which was a powerful anti-slavery novel about the evils of slavery; the book upset southerners.

Question 6

What two territories were formed from the remainder of the Louisiana purchase?

Answer 6

-Kansas
-Nebraska

Question 7

How was slavery determined in each territory?

Answer 7

Popular sovereignty. (citizens of state vote)

Question 8

With the act becoming law in 1854, what was the immediate reaction of Kansas?

Answer 8

Anti-slavery and pro-slavery rushed to Kansas.