What did the Missouri Compromise and The Compromise of 1850 have in common?

Both laws decided which new states would allow slavery.

How was the Kansas-Nebraska Act supposed to deal with the free and slave state issue?

Popular Sovereignty would decide the issue.

Put in proper sequence

Texas Independence, Mexican War, California Gold Rush

Why was Colonial America afraid of a strong national (central) government?

Strong central government meant weak state governments

Why is Dred Scott in the history books?

Slave who sued for his freedom after living in a free state

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What did the Missouri Compromise and The Compromise of 1850 have in common?
Both laws decided which new states would allow slavery.
Both laws let the people vote if a state would allow slavery
They both were Pro-Slavery Laws
They both were Anti-Slavery Laws
2
Which section of the country was mostly agrarian and less industry?
Monroe
South
West
North
3
How was the Kansas-Nebraska Act supposed to deal with the free and slave state issue?
Both were above Missouri Compromise line = both admitted as free states
One was admitted as a free state and the other a slave state.
Kansas - Nebraska fought their own civil war.
Popular Sovereignty would decide the issue.
4
The Pottawattamie attack took place before the Sack of Lawrence
True
False
5
Loyalty to a region or section but not to the country as a whole.
Socialism
Westward Expansion
Sectionalism
Secession
6
Put in proper sequence
Texas Independence, Mexican War, California Gold Rush
Texas Independence, California Gold Rush, Mexican War
Mexican War, Texas Independence, California Gold Rush
7
NOT an example of violence/bloodshed leading up to the Civil War.
Pottawatomie Massacre
Dred Scott Escape
Harpers Ferry Raid
Senator Brooks caning of Senator Sumner
8
This was a goal to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican American War.
Popular Soveriegnty
Compromise of 1850
Kansas - Nebraska Act
Wilmot Proviso
9
NOT a fan of abolition
Harriet Tubman
Preston Brooks
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
10
Novel published in the mid 19th Century that exposed all that is wrong with Slavery
Wishin for Abolishion
Missouri Compromise
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Underground Railroad
11
A person who wanted Slavery outlawed throughout the country
Pro-Slavery
Fugitive Slave Act
Popular Sovereignty
Abolishionist
12
Why was Colonial America afraid of a strong national (central) government?
It wanted slavery to be illegal in all of America
Strong central government meant weak state governments
It want slavery to be legal in all of America
Col. Am. did NOT have a problem w/a strong national gov't.
13
Why is Dred Scott in the history books?
Fought alongside John Brown
Slave who escaped to freedom and was re-caught
Invented the Cotton Gin but didn't receive any money
Slave who sued for his freedom after living in a free state
14
Which section of the country had more factories and infrastructure?
East
South
West
North

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