AH2.4 Antebellum: Sectional Conflict

Multiple Choice

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 do?

• made Kansas and Nebraska states

• ended slavery

• made Kansas and Nebraska territories open to popular sovereignty

• ended the Compromise of 1850 entirely

Multiple Choice

What was the result of the ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford?

• slaves are property; Compromise of 1820 unconstitutional

• slave trading illegal; all slaves that cross into the North are free 

• state laws are superior to national law

• led to the 12th Amendment making slavery legal,