A Dividing Nation

The Wilmot Proviso passed the senate but not the house.

The Missouri Compromise solved the issue of slavery in the Union.

Because popular sovereignty is rule by the people, this ended up creating two __________ in Kansas?

Lincoln won the presidency with what % of the votes?

John Brown used _______ to murder those he abducted for supporting slavery.

The firing on Fort Sumter resulted in how many Northerner deaths?

Which one of these is an objective claim?

The Wilmot Proviso said that...

Northerners liked the Missouri Compromise because it solved the issue of the expansion of slavery.

What made it possible for Lincoln to win despite not even being on some southern ballots?

Who came up with the Missouri Compromise?

Which was the first state to leave the Union (secede)?

Which one of these was not one of the main parts of Chief Justice Taney's Dred Scott decision?

One of the South's chief fears was that a slave rebellion could break out.

Which of these things were not one of Lincoln's beliefs on the idea of a slavery compromise?

Who came up with the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

The North viewed John Brown as a hero.

After the Compromise of 1850, southerners believed that peaceful secession was possible.

Which one of these is a subjective claim?

What was the Gag Rule?

Which one of these did the newly created Republican party not believe in?

Southerners disliked the Missouri Compromise because it allowed congress to make laws about slavery.

After the Compromise of 1850, the north thought peaceful secession was possible.

Which one of these statements about the Fugitive Slave Act is false?

Which of these was not part of the Tallmadge Amendment?

Why was California difficult to add to the union?

Border ruffians supported the antislavery cause.

Five of the justices in the Supreme Court case on Dred Scott were from the North and four were from the South.

What did Lincoln think of secession?

Which one of these was NOT one of the main questions faced by the Supreme Court with the Dred Scott decision?

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established the process for how states could be admitted to the Union.

Which of these states made it okay for Missouri to be added to the Union?

Which of these was not one of the main portions of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

The main thought to come from the Lincoln-Douglas debates was that Lincoln believed...

What was the overall effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Which one of these was not part of the Compromise of 1850?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was repealed (cancelled) by the Missouri Compromise.