The Tallmadge Amendment proposed that...

Missouri be admitted as a free state

Which is NOT part of the Missouri Compromise?

Pass a strict fugitive slave law

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 did this...

banned slavery north of the Ohio River

Why was Alabama admitted as a slave state?

it was in the deep South, the balance of slave vs. free states was maintained, it was surrounded by slave states

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court also ruled that...

the Missouri Compromise is illegal

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Ch. 21 Causes of the Civil War

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1
This stated that slavery should be banned from the Mexican Cession.
Dred Scott decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Tallmadge Amendment
Wilmot Proviso
2
Why did S.C. Representative Preston Brooks beat Sumner with a cane on the Senate floor?
Sumner had stolen money from him
Sumner was pro-slavery
Sumner offended his uncle
Sumner assisted fugitive slaves
3
Which of the following is NOT a state that seceded?
Virginia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
4
The Tallmadge Amendment proposed that...
California be admitted as a free state
Missouri be admitted as a free state
the Missouri Compromise be passed
the U.S. should admit Cuba as a slave state
5
Which is NOT part of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri is a slave state
Slavery is prohibited above the 36 30 parallel
Pass a strict fugitive slave law
Maine is a free state
6
Which of the following happened first?
attack on Fort Sumter
Missouri Compromise
Bleeding Kansas
Lincoln-Douglas debates
7
This state was the first to secede from the Union...
North Carolina
Georgia
South Dakota
South Carolina
8
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 did this...
admitted Maine as a free state
banned slavery north of the Ohio River
created an imaginary border at 36 30
admitted Missouri as a slave state
9
This abolitionist took revenge on pro-slavery settlers by invading Pottawatomie, Kansas.
Stephen Douglas
Charles Sumner
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
10
Congress voted in 1836 to tableall anti-slavery petitions. Northerners called this the...
Intolerable Act
Wilmot Proviso
Violation of Free Speech
Gag Rule
11
In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott...
couldn't sue for his freedom
helped a fugitive slave
could apply for citizenship
was a free man
12
This idea was the basis for passing the Kansas-Nebraska Act...
secession
Second Great Awakening
popular sovereignty
abolitionism
13
This book turnedmillions of Northerners against slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Twilight
The Federalist Papers
Ostend Manifesto
14
Why was Alabama admitted as a slave state?
it was in the deep South
the balance of slave vs. free states was maintained
it was surrounded by slave states
the citizens there voted on it
15
Which is NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?
CA admitted as a free state
Slave trade ended in D.C.
Dred Scott is declared a slave
Stronger fugitive slave law passed
16
This law scrapped or did away with the Missouri Compromise of 1820...
Compromise of 1850
Tallmadge Amendment
Fugitive Slaw Law
Kansas-Nebraska Act
17
Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts gave a speech that criticized...
the admittance of Missouri as a slave state
the election of Lincoln
the violence in Kansas
the Underground Railroad
18
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court also ruled that...
slavery is banned in D.C.
the Missouri Compromise is illegal
Texas should be a slave state
slavery is morally wrong
19
Territory gained as a result of the Mexican-American War is called the...
Southwest Territory
Nebraska Territory
Mexican Cession
Louisiana Territory
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Anti-slavery settlers in Kansas were called...
Border Ruffians
Fugitive Slaves
Free Soilers
Democrats

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