Civil War Terms Exams Question with
Correct Answers
Missouri Compromise - Answer-1850- Slavery could not extend to states above the 36,
30 line.
Compromise of 1850 - Answer-Before the War, Gave North and South part of what they
wanted. (1) California admitted as free state, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico
boundaries, (5) slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated
by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas
Fugitive Slave Act - Answer-Escaped slaves must be returned to masters (part of
Compromise of 1850). Not entitled to trial by jury. If someone helped an escaped slave,
they were subject to a fine or jailtime.
Popular Sovereignty - Answer-Let the people decide on whether slavery should be
allowed in territories through voting.
Dred Scott - Answer-He was a slave who was taken to free territory. Scott sued for his
freedom and the Supreme Court declared that slaves are property, not people.
Uncle Tom's Cabin - Answer-Popular book by Harriet Beecher Stowe focusing on the
negatives of slavery. Million copies sold. Caused Northerners to protest Fugitive Slave
Act. Southerners criticized the book.
South Carolina - Answer-First state to leave the Union in 1860.
Secessionists - Answer-They believed that since the states voluntarily joined the Union,
they can also choose to leave.
Jefferson Davis - Answer-Confederate President
Abraham Lincoln - Answer-President of the U.S., 1861-1865
Cotton - Answer-Chief export of the South
Gettysburg Address - Answer-Lincoln's speech to honor fallen soldiers
Emancipation Proclamation - Answer-Went into effect on 1/1/1863; ends slavery in
rebelling states/areas of the Confederacy and turns the way into a war against slavery.
Total War - Answer-Attack everyone and everything, including innocent civilians.
13th Amendment - Answer-Outlaws Slavery (1865)
Correct Answers
Missouri Compromise - Answer-1850- Slavery could not extend to states above the 36,
30 line.
Compromise of 1850 - Answer-Before the War, Gave North and South part of what they
wanted. (1) California admitted as free state, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico
boundaries, (5) slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated
by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas
Fugitive Slave Act - Answer-Escaped slaves must be returned to masters (part of
Compromise of 1850). Not entitled to trial by jury. If someone helped an escaped slave,
they were subject to a fine or jailtime.
Popular Sovereignty - Answer-Let the people decide on whether slavery should be
allowed in territories through voting.
Dred Scott - Answer-He was a slave who was taken to free territory. Scott sued for his
freedom and the Supreme Court declared that slaves are property, not people.
Uncle Tom's Cabin - Answer-Popular book by Harriet Beecher Stowe focusing on the
negatives of slavery. Million copies sold. Caused Northerners to protest Fugitive Slave
Act. Southerners criticized the book.
South Carolina - Answer-First state to leave the Union in 1860.
Secessionists - Answer-They believed that since the states voluntarily joined the Union,
they can also choose to leave.
Jefferson Davis - Answer-Confederate President
Abraham Lincoln - Answer-President of the U.S., 1861-1865
Cotton - Answer-Chief export of the South
Gettysburg Address - Answer-Lincoln's speech to honor fallen soldiers
Emancipation Proclamation - Answer-Went into effect on 1/1/1863; ends slavery in
rebelling states/areas of the Confederacy and turns the way into a war against slavery.
Total War - Answer-Attack everyone and everything, including innocent civilians.
13th Amendment - Answer-Outlaws Slavery (1865)
