Many events connected to slavery led to the Civil War. Match each event with how it helped lead to the Civil War.

Question

1. The Missouri Compromise
2. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
3. Kansas-Nebraska Act
4. Dred Scott decision
5. Election of 1860

Northerners resent Southerners for making them participate in the capture of runaway enslaved people.

Pro-slavery and anti-slavery Americans fight each other to gain political control of a territory.

A geographic line separates the country into slave territory and free territory.

Anti-slavery Northerners feel that the Supreme Court is too pro-slavery.

Answer 1

Here is the matching of each event to how it helped lead to the Civil War:

1. The Missouri Compromise
   A geographic line separates the country into slave territory and free territory.

2. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
   Northerners resent Southerners for making them participate in the capture of runaway enslaved people.

3. Kansas-Nebraska Act
   Pro-slavery and anti-slavery Americans fight each other to gain political control of a territory.

4. Dred Scott decision
   Anti-slavery Northerners feel that the Supreme Court is too pro-slavery.

5. Election of 1860
   (Note: The provided options do not directly connect to this event; it was significant as it led to the secession of Southern states due to Lincoln's election, which they viewed as a threat to slavery.)

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