How did the Compromise of 1850 effect the number of free and slave states?

California would be free and the Southwest would decide.

Which of the following is the best descriptionfor popular sovereignty?

People of an area decide on an issue by voting

Why did the southern states feel that states’rights were more important than national law?

The south wanted the ability to declare nationallaws illegal

Which represents the correct time order for the three compromises?

Missouri Compromise; Compromise of 1850;Kansas-Nebraska Act

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act state?

Kansas and Nebraska would decide onslavery by voting

Why did the northern states approve of the use of tariffs?

The north wanted US made goods to be cheaper.

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Issues Dividing the Nation

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Issues dividing the nation prior to the Civil War.

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1
Which area of the United States was mainly agricultural?
Northern
Territorial
Western
Southern
2
How did the Compromise of 1850 effect the number of free and slave states?
Slave states were no longer permitted.
Every new state become a slave state.
There was no effect on the number of free and slave states.
California would be free and the Southwest would decide.
3
Which area of the US felt that the abolition of slavery would ruin their way of life?
Western
Southern
Northern
Territorial
4
Which of the following is the best descriptionfor popular sovereignty?
Three brances of government
A method to elect the president of the United States
Members of the Senate and House of Representatives
People of an area decide on an issue by voting
5
Why did the southern states feel that states’rights were more important than national law?
The south did not care about railroads.
The south held control of most major banks.
The south did not like the north.
The south wanted the ability to declare nationallaws illegal
6
Which represents the correct time order for the three compromises?
Missouri Compromise; Compromise of 1850;Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise; Compromise of 1850;Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850; Missouri Compromise;Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise; Kansas-Nebraska Act;Compromise of 1850
7
Which compromise added Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Great Compromise
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
8
Which best completes this organizer?
Economic
Culture
Constitutional
Slavery
9
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act state?
Kansas and Nebraska were planning to separatefrom the US
Kansas and Nebraska were planning to separatefrom the US
Kansas and Nebraska would decide onslavery by voting
Kansas and Nebraska were planning a war againstthe US
10
Why did the northern states approve of the use of tariffs?
The north wanted US made goods to be cheaper.
The north did not like the south.
The north wanted total control of the railroads.
The north permitted slavery for personal gain.

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