Conflicts and Compromises (Pre-Civil War)

Conflicts and Compromises (Pre-Civil War)

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Multiple Choice

The Missouri Compromise applied only to

• the Mexican Cession

• Texas

• the Louisiana Purchase

• the thirteen colonies

Multiple Choice

In 1820, the Missouri Compromise did all of the following EXCEPT...

• Maine became a FREE state

• Missouri became a SLAVE state

• The land in the Louisiana Purchase, north of the Missouri border became FREE states

• The citizens were able to VOTE on their state being free or slave state.

Multiple Choice

A law (which was NOT passed) to ban slavery in the land won in the Mexican-American War.

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Wilmot-Proviso

• The Compromise of 1850

Multiple Choice

An ABOLITIONIST is someone who

• wanted to stop the SPREAD of slavery

• wanted to ban slavery EVERYWHERE

• Wanted the CITIZENS to VOTE on their state being a FREE or SLAVE state

• Wanted the CONGRESS to VOTE on their state being a FREE or SLAVE state

Multiple Choice

A MODERATE is someone who may have wanted to do one of the following, EXCEPT

• stop the SPREAD of slavery

• ban slavery EVERYWHERE

• extend the Missouri Compromise line west

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POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY can be described as

• people wanting to stop the SPREAD of slavery

• people wanting to ban slavery EVERYWHERE

• The PEOPLE VOTING on their state being a FREE or SLAVE state

• CONGRESS VOTING on their state being a FREE or SLAVE state

Multiple Choice

The main goal of the __ party was to keep slavery out of the western territories.

• Whig

• Democrat

• Free-Soil

• Republican

Multiple Choice

In 1848, Who won the presidential election? (According to the pie chart)

• Zachary Taylor (Whig)

• Lewis Cass (Democrat)

• Martin Van Buren (Free-Soil Party)

• Abraham Lincoln (Republican)

Multiple Choice

WHO proposed the Compromise of 1850? He is known as the "Great Compromiser."

• Abraham Lincoln

• Zachary Taylor

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

Multiple Choice

Under the Compromise of 1850, California

• became a FREE state

• became a SLAVE state

• VOTED on being a free or slave state

Multiple Choice

Under the Compromise of 1850, the new territories of New Mexico & Utah would be able to VOTE to decide a free or slave state.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Under the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade ended in Washington D.C., but had NO power to ban it between slave states.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Under the Compromise of 1850, it included a STRICT Fugitive Slave Law, where ALL citizens were expected to help catch escaped slaves. People who let fugitives escape could be fined up to $1,000 and jailed.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Under the Compromise of 1850, it settled a border dispute between Texas and

• New Mexico

• Louisiana

• Oklahoma

• Mexico

Multiple Choice

Suspected fugitives (slaves who ran away) were allowed to have a jury in their trial.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Judges who sent accused runaway slaves into slavery received $10, but only $5 if he set the fugitive free.

• True

• False

​For your notes on page 4

Multiple Choice

Stephen Douglas wanted to win the support of many Americans for president in the future. He proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which

• made the territories FREE states.

• made the territories SLAVE states.

• allowed the citizens to vote. for a free or slave state.

• allowed Congress to vote.

​Continue with your notes for the Act:

​BORDER RUFFIAN: Pro-slavery activists who crossed over the border into Kansas from Missouri to vote ILLEGALLY.

A RUFFIAN is a violent person, especially involved in a crime

Multiple Choice

BORDER RUFFIANS were

• Pro-Slavery supporters from Missouri who crossed the border to vote illegally.

• Anti-slavery supporters from Missouri who crossed the border to vote illegally.

Multiple Choice

In response to the Anti-Slavery settlers creating their own government, Pro-slavery settlers did ALL of the following EXCEPT...

• burned buildings in the anti-slavery capital, Lawrence

• destroyed homes, newspaper press and a hotel

• burned buildings in the anti-slavery capital, Topeka

Multiple Choice

WHO was the abolitionist who led an attack (with his sons) at Pottawatomie Creek on pro-slavery settlers in the middle of the night.

• Andrew Jackson

• John Brown

• Stephen Douglas

• Charles Sumner

Multiple Choice

The violence in Pottawatomie Creek, and in Kansas was known as

• "Bleeding Kansas"

• "Legend of Kansas"

• "Kansas Massacre"

• "Mothman Kansas"

Multiple Choice

Pro-Slavery supporter, Preston Brooks was angry hearing Charles Sumner give a speech, encouraging Congress to help stop the violence in Kansas; he beat Sumner with a

• stick

• cane

• wooden spoon

• bat

Multiple Choice

A FAIR vote occurred again in Kansas, with a 10-1 vote, resulting as a

• FREE state

• SLAVE state

Multiple Choice

The experiment in letting people decide on voting whether a territory would be a FREE or SLAVE state was never tried again.

• True

• False

1861:

Blue=
States that
abolished
slavery

Red=
States that
allowed
slavery

Refer to Page 3
in your packet

#11 Page 4 The Dred Scott Case (1857)

It declared enslaved persons
“property,” and not allowed
to sue in court.

It stated that the federal law
cannot prohibit slavery in
ANY territory.