Sectionalism

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• It established a new territory

• It maintained the balance between free and slave states

• It ended slavery in the United States

• It created a new state

Multiple Choice

What did the Compromise of 1850 say about slavery in other territories (besides California) that were acquired by the U.S. in the Mexican Cession?

• Popular sovereignty would determine whether or not the territories would allow slavery.

• They would automatically become slave states.

• Slavery was banned.

• All of the above.

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in determining the status of Kansas and Nebraska?

• It established them as free states

• It allowed popular sovereignty to decide their status

• It made them slave states

• It had no impact on their status

Multiple Choice

What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas
• Kansas became a slave state
• Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska
• Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups