What was the goal of the Missouri Compromise?

To keep a balance of free and slave states.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

used the principle of "popular sovereignty" to decide the slavery question., was in 1854., caused fighting known as "Bleeding Kansas".

led rebellion of slaves that killed white plantation owners

Asa a result of the election of 1860

South Carolina seceded from the Union., Abraham Lincoln was elected without a majority of the popular vote.

The Compromise of 1850

included a new Fugitive Slave Law that was hated in the North., admitted California as a free state.

The 1857 Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court

was a victory for slave owners.

Which statement is true?

Southern plantation owners had grown rich from the work of their slaves.

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Events Leading to the Civil War

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1
What was the goal of the Missouri Compromise?
To amend the Constitution
To keep a balance of free and slave states.
To help Missouri solve its economic problems.
The decide if Kansas should be a slave state or not.
2
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
outlawed Nutella in Nebraska but not in Kansas.
used the principle of "popular sovereignty" to decide the slavery question.
was in 1854.
caused fighting known as "Bleeding Kansas".
3
Nat Turner
led rebellion of slaves that killed white plantation owners
was a nonviolent abolitionist
was a runaway slave that spoke for women's rights
was a white women that wrote the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
4
John Brown was convicted of treason and hanged.
True
False
5
Asa a result of the election of 1860
President Buchanan declared war on the South.
The price of Jolly Ranchers went up.
South Carolina seceded from the Union.
Abraham Lincoln was elected without a majority of the popular vote.
6
The Compromise of 1850
included a new Fugitive Slave Law that was hated in the North.
caused "Bleeding Kansas".
was supported by President Zachary Taylor.
admitted California as a free state.
7
The 1857 Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
was a victory for slave owners.
freed all the slaves in the U.S.
was celebrated in the North.
was the event that caused South Carolina to secede from the Union.
8
In the election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won the popular vote overwhelmingly.
President Buchanan was reelected.
the Whig Party ran two candidates.
there were 4 candidates
9
Which statement is true?
Adding new territories to the U.S. had no effect on regional tensions.
Most Southerners believed that slavery should be abolished.
Northerners felt the abolition of slavery would destroy the economy.
Southern plantation owners had grown rich from the work of their slaves.

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