What was the Underground Railroad?

A system to help runaway slaves reach freedom

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect the future of Kansas?

Individuals rushed to Kansas to cast votes on the issue of slavery.

How is the Compromise of 1850 reflected in the map?

California was admitted as a free state.

Which statement best describes "Bleeding Kansas"?

Abolitionists and pro-slavery settlers fought about Kansas free or slave.

Which action contributed to the Southern belief that their economy was threatened?

The approval of protective tariffs on manufactured goods

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1.02 The Great Divide

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1
Which of these officially repealed the Missouri Compromise?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Ostend Manifesto
Dred Scott Case
2
The idea that states could cancel any federal legislation they deem unconstitutional is known as
abolitionism
states' rights
Nullification Theory
Freeport Doctrine
3
Which of these actions was an economic cause of increased tensions between the North and South?
Bleeding Kansas
Dred Scott decision
Lincoln's election
Protective tariffs
4
What was the Underground Railroad?
A series of tunnels connecting border states
A system to help runaway slaves reach freedom
A secret Southern organization encouraging secession
A society dedicated to inciting slave revolts
5
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect the future of Kansas?
Individuals rushed to Kansas to cast votes on the issue of slavery.
Settlers in Kansas unanimously agreed to move to become a slave state.
Kansas assumed a neutral position and was neither a free nor slave state.
Settlers moved out of Kansas to nearby states to avoid conflict.
6
What brought about the formation of the Republican Party?
The Missouri Compromise
The election of Abraham Lincoln
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Emancipation Proclamation
7
Which group was most enraged by the Fugitive Slave Act?
Slaveholders
Democrats
Secessionists
Abolitionists
8
How is the Compromise of 1850 reflected in the map?
All territories west of the Mississippi would become slave states.
California was admitted as a free state.
Kansas was admitted as a slave state.
It ensured that the number of free and slave states was equal.
9
Which statement best describes "Bleeding Kansas"?
Abolitionists and pro-slavery settlers fought about Kansas free or slave.
Natural disasters in Kansas resulted in the death of settlers there.
Free and fair election determined whether Kansas would be a free or slave.
Missouri Compromise guaranteed that Kansas would be a slave state.
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Which action contributed to the Southern belief that their economy was threatened?
The founding of the Republican party
The finalization of the Missouri Compromise
The support of popular sovereignty in territories
The approval of protective tariffs on manufactured goods

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