U.S History Standards 9-12 Review

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Which state was admitted as a free state as a result of the Missouri compromise that added Missouri as a slave state? Options: Louisiana, California, Maine, Florida

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Maine

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What was a concern of Southern leaders heading into the Compromise of 1850?

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Southern leaders were afraid that if California was added as a free state it would give the North too much political power.

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What was the main issue in the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854?

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The process for voting on slavery in Kansas and Nebraska

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What does "secede" mean?

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to withdraw or break away from a nation

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In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state? Options: Missouri, Maine, Kentucky, Ohio

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Missouri

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The right of a state to make political decisions for themselves is called _________.

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Popular sovereignty

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Who was the enslaved man who argued for his freedom because he used to live in a free state?

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Dred Scott

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The North was primarily ___________, while the South was primarily ______________.

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Industrial, Agricultural

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated that _______________ would determine slavery in the West.

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popular sovereignty

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What law helped southern slaveholders get their runaway slaves back? Options: Fugitive Slave Act, Runaway Act, 2nd Amendment, Slaveholder Law

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Fugitive Slave Act