SW Flashcard 14

Front

What law allowed citizens to vote for or against slavery? Options: a. Fugitive Slave Act, b. Kansas-Nebraska Act, c. Louisiana Purchase Act, d. Underground Railroad Act

Back

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Front

What boundary separated the North from the South? Options: a. Mississippi River, b. Mason-Dixon Line, c. Underground Railroad, d. Appalachian Mountains

Back

Mason-Dixon Line

Front

Fill in the blank: Compromises in __________ kept the country from going to war with itself.

Back

Congress

Front

What Supreme Court decision states that enslaved people were property, not citizens?

Back

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Front

What compromise at the Constitutional Convention kept slavery legal? Options: Great Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Crittenden Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise

Back

Three-Fifths Compromise

Front

What did “Bleeding Kansas” show about the country?

Back

It was divided about slavery.

Front

What did the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court state? Options: a. Enslaved people were property, not citizens., b. Enslaved people were citizens., c. Enslaved people had rights and liberty., d. Enslaved people shouldn’t be in court.

Back

Enslaved people were property, not citizens.

Front

What did the 1831 “gag order” in Congress prevent debate about? Options: a. mining for gold, b. statehood for territories, c. abolition of slavery, d. taxes and tariffs

Back

abolition of slavery

Front

What did the compromises in Congress keep the country from?

Back

going to war

Front

Henry Clay worked with how many presidents?

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