Wk 18 Causes of Civil War 1

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Multiple Choice

What was the name of the compromise at the Constitutional Convention that kept slavery legal?

• The five-eights (5/8) compromise

• The three-fifths (3/5) compromise

• The property compromise

• The Virginia Compromise

Multiple Choice

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 create?

• balance of free states versus slave states

• legalized slavery in all new territories

• conflict between the states

Multiple Choice

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow?

• slavery in new territories

• for people to vote for or against slavery

• no slavery in new territories

• Congress to decide about slavery

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Multiple Choice

The Scotts had been enslaved for extended periods of time within a territory __________.

• where slavery was legal

• that became a slave state

• where slavery was illegal (not allowed)

• outside the United States

Multiple Choice

The Dred Scott case went to the Supreme Court __________.

• quickly (in a few months).

• after Scott died

• after Scott was freed

• after 11 years

Multiple Choice

What did the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court state?

• Slaves were property, not citizens.

• Slaves had rights and freedom.

• Slaves were citizens.

• Slaves should not be in court.