Causes of the Civil War

What are four main causes of the Civil War?

1. states' rights 2.slavery 3. tariffs 4.sectionalism

What is a Whig?

Whigs opposed Democrats

What is the Compromise of 1850?

A compromise proposed by Henry Clay that would admit California as a free state, split the Mexican Cession into present day Utah and New Mexico, Adopt a New Fugitive Slave Act, Ban slave trade in DC, and settle the land dispute between Texas and the New Mex territory in return for the Federal Gov. assuming $10 mil in Texas' public debt.

What is the Free Soil Movement?

A party organized in 1846 by Northerners who opposed allowing slavery in the newly-adopted territories with the chief objective of preventing the expansion of slavery

The excerpt best reflects which of the following historical situations?

Congressional leaders sought more political compromise to resolve discord between the North and the South

In the mid-nineteenth century, the process shown in the map was advocated by supporters of which of the following ideologies?

Manifest Destiny

The language in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following?

Nativist sentiment

The excerpt best reflects which of following developments?

Popular support for the idea of Manifest Destiny

Which of the following factors best explains the territorial expansion of slavery in the middle of nineteenth century?

The Mexican-American War incorporated extensive new lands into the United States

Sentiments of business leaders and politicians like that expressed in the excerpt most likely contributed to which of the following?

Thee creation of diplomatic ties with foreign nations

Historians have argued that all of the following were causes of the Civil war EXCEPT

the growing power of poor Southern Whites who resisted planter dominance and sought ot abolish slavery

What was the Wilmot Proviso?

It was a stipulation that slavery be prohibited in any territory acquired in the negotiations with Mexico.

What was the perspective of southern whites in regards to abolishing slavery?

They felt that abolishing slavery was a violation of their constitutional right to take and use their property as they pleased; Free-Soilers were seen as intent on destroying slavery

What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Divided Kansas and Nebraska into two territories and leaving slavery issue to be decided by the states

Who won the election of 1852, and from what party was he elected?

Franklin Pierce, nominated by the Democrats

The United States Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) represented a departure from earlier practices in which of the following ways?

It held that the Federal Government had no power to regulate slavery in federal territories acquired after the creation of the united states

Historians could best use the excerpt as an example of which of the following?

Political responses to changing demographics in the united states

Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following boarder historical contexts?

Southern states sought more pro-slavery seats in the United States Congress

What is an effect of the Compromise of 18050?

The North gained political power in addition to gaining California

The position expressed by Clay in the excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following?

The acquisition of new territories created disputes over the expansion of slavery

Which of the following most directly contributed to the request expressed in the excerpt?

The desire for international trade and access to global markets

What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

The fugitive slave law said that slaves that had escaped to the north had to be returned to slavery, and citizens were ordered to help catch fugitives.

How was popular sovereignty established leading up to the war?

The idea was pitched by Lewis Cass ( Democratic senator from Michigan) as a way to give settlers of new territory a voice.

Anti-immigrant nativism 1840'sand 1850's had the most in common with which of the following earlier developments?

The passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), which limited rights for foreign-born residents

Which of the following historical situations can be best used to explain how the excerpt would have been interpreted at the time?

The rise in immigration to the United States

Who won the election of 1848,and from what party did he represent?

Zachary Taylor, Mexican War Hero nominated by the Whigs

The sentiments expressed in the proclamation would have been most widely condemned by White residents of

coastal South Carolina