Define popular sovereignty.

allowing residents to decide issues by voting

Why did Northern Democrats broke from the Political Party to become the Republican Party?

They did not support the spread of slavery into new territories

Which of these was NOT in the Compromise of 1850?

Three largest slave states got extra electoral votes

What was a consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Violence among ruffians and abolitionists became known as Bleeding Kansas

The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) was important because it

ruled that Congress cannot ban slavery in territories

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Forced Northerners to report and return runaway slaves

The Compromise of 1850 _____.

admitted California to the Union as a free state

Why was the attack on Harper Ferry important?

Abolitionists were willing to use violence

What was the difference between the Northern and Southern economic systems before the war?

The North was industrial, and the South used slaves for farming

Why were free slaves being kidnapped back into slavery?

Because of the passage of the Fugitive Slace Act

What was Bleeding Kansas?

A series of violent attacks between pro and anit-slavery advocates.

Why did John Brown raid Harpers Ferry?

Brown hoped to arm enslaved African Americans and start a revolt

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed

states to decide to have slavery within their borders or not

Which statement about Fort Sumter is true?

It marks the beginning of the Civil War

Significance of the Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court Decision

Slaves were property and citizens thave the right to own property

fights over slavery happening Kansas/Nebraska territories

The compromise of 1850 was about ____.

Dividing new territories and popular sovereingty

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1
The Fugitive slave act made the North very mad
True
False
2
Define popular sovereignty.
allowing residents to decide issues by voting
bringing new voters into a state or territory
making territories into states
electing the president of the United States
3
John Brown was a.......
Whig
Anti-abolitionist
Slave
Abolitionist
4
The Southern states were also known as the
Midwest
Condederates
Union
Great Lakes
5
Uncle Toms Cabin swayed many Northerners against?
Expansionism
Free labor
Slavery
African Americans
6
Why did Northern Democrats broke from the Political Party to become the Republican Party?
They did not support the spread of slavery into new territories
Republicans supported the Fugitive Slave Act and the Democrats did not
They prefer red over blue
They supported the spread of slavery into new territories
7
Which amendment applied to Dred V. Scott
13th
5th
26th
28th
8
what did the Dred Scott V. Sandford establish
The end of slavery
slaves weren't citizens
the 14 amendment
the 13h amendment
9
Which of these was NOT in the Compromise of 1850?
Three largest slave states got extra electoral votes
Popular sovereignty in Mexican Cession lands
California admitted as a free state
Slave trade in D.C. was banned, but slavery was legal
10
Where was Fort Sumter located?
South Carolina
Missouri
North Carolina
Virgina
11
The Northern states were also known as the
Confederates
Union
Midwest
Great Lakes
12
What was a consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Violence among ruffians and abolitionists became known as Bleeding Kansas
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry caused outrage
Abraham Lincoln is elected President which caused outrage
The Dred Scott decision caused outrage
13
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the birth of what?
The modern Republican Party
Slave revolts.
The bipartisan system we use today
The modern Democratic Party
14
Dred Scott v. Sandford increased the rights of what group? (Textbook 718)
Native Americans
Slaves
Abolitionists
Slave Owners
15
The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) was important because it
allowed slavery in California
upheld the actions of the Underground Railroad
outlawed slavery in the United States
ruled that Congress cannot ban slavery in territories
16
Who talked the most about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Charles Curtis
William Jennings Bryan
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
17
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
allowed citizens to choose to return slaves
Forced Northerners to report and return runaway slaves
brought the North and South together by returning fugitive slaves
was well received and peoples didn't mind doing it because it was the law.
18
The Compromise of 1850 _____.
created the latitude 36°30′ north division line
admitted Maine (free) and Missouri (slave) to the Union
admitted California to the Union as a free state
ended conflict in Kansas
19
The main points of the Kansas-Nebraska Act were
MIssouri Compromise slavery restriction removed
all of the above
divided the new territory into Kansas and Nebraska territories
popular sovereignty to decide slavery issue
20
Why was the attack on Harper Ferry important?
It help slave catcherrs to kidnap back into slavery free former slaves
Abolitionists were willing to use violence
The Underground Railroad was there
It helped people to understand why slavery was important
21
What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?
Freeport Doctrine
how to admit new states
the Fifth Amendment
slavery
22
What was the difference between the Northern and Southern economic systems before the war?
They were both the same
The North was industrial, and the South used slaves for farming
The North relied on the services and the South relied on slaves
The North was agrarian and the South was industrialized
23
Why were free slaves being kidnapped back into slavery?
Because of the passage of the Fugitive Slace Act
Because of the Kansas-Nebraske Act
Because of the start of the Civil War
Because people did not like having former slaves in the North
24
Lincoln believed in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery everywhere or
Allowing it on every state
Having a country that agrees to disagree
Abolishing Popular Sovereignty
Reaching a compromise
25
What was Bleeding Kansas?
A book about the patriotism of the people of Kansas.
A opera about the fight for freedom in Kansas.
A series of violent attacks between pro and anit-slavery advocates.
Peaceful protest promoting slavery in Kansas-Missouri territory.
26
Why did John Brown raid Harpers Ferry?
Stop Dred Scott from being free
Brown hoped to arm enslaved African Americans and start a revolt
To protect the Union from the North.
To Help protect Slavery
27
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed
states to decide to have slavery within their borders or not
states to secede from the union
slaves to be free
free land to immigrants
28
Which statement about Fort Sumter is true?
Resupplying it could unite the North and the South.
Resupplying it could be seen as favoritism.
It marks the beginning of the Civil War
Resupplying it could cost the United States too much money.
29
Significance of the Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court Decision
All enslaved Africans were legally citizens
Dred Scott was declared free
Slaves were property and citizens thave the right to own property
Federal government gained power to resolve slavery debate
30
Bleeding Kansas was
a term used to describe the frequent hurricanes of Kansas
debates between Lincoln and Douglas
a term describing the wounds of slaves in Kansas
fights over slavery happening Kansas/Nebraska territories
31
What would be a good title for this map?
a nation divided
Manifest destiny
westward expansion
failure of compromises
32
Before the Civil war, Florida's main economic activity was
mining coal
cotton plantations
Space Coast
33
The compromise of 1850 was about ____.
Presidents who had slaves
Unicorns
Mexicans crossing to the US to vote
Dividing new territories and popular sovereingty

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