US History - Sectionalism & Civil War

Front

Which compromise is represented in the image?

Back

Missouri Compromise

Front

Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise? Options: The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states. The Compromise upset the balance of power between free states and slave states in the Senate. The Compromise was liked by Northerners, but not Southerners. The Compromise allowed people to decide if they wanted slavery in their state or not.

Back

The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states.

Front

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Back

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Front

Who published the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator in Massachusetts?

Back

William Lloyd Garrison

Front

According to the Compromise of 1850, which two territories were allowed to decide for themselves on the issue of allowing or banning slavery by popular sovereignty?

Back

Utah and New Mexico

Front

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850: California was admitted as a free state, New Mexico and Utah territories were left to popular sovereignty, Slavery was banned in Washington DC, Texas gave up its claims to land in exchange for getting their public debt written off.

Back

Texas gave up its claims to land in exchange for getting their public debt written off.

Front

What overturned the Missouri Compromise's use of the 36º 30' latitude boundary line?

Back

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Front

John Brown attacked Harper's Ferry because it was a...

Back

military arsenal

Front

According to the quotation by Abraham Lincoln, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free."

Back

sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union

Front

What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?

Back

The Dred Scott case highlighted the legal status of African Americans and intensified the national debate over slavery.