2.6 Powerpoint

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a result of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• Runaway slaves were given jury trials in all states

• Judges were paid more to return fugitives than to set them free

• Slaves could testify on their own behalf

• Southern states passed Personal Liberty Laws

Multiple Choice

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act contribute to violence in Kansas?

• It banned slavery in both territories

• It allowed popular sovereignty, leading to illegal voting and conflict

• It enforced the Missouri Compromise

• It gave only Kansas the right to vote on slavery

Multiple Select

Which of the following were outcomes of the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• Slaves were granted citizenship

• The Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional

• Congress could not outlaw slavery in the territories

• Slaves did not have rights

Multiple Choice

The Compromise of 1850 had several parts. Which of these do you think had the greatest impact on increasing tensions between the North and South?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Admission of California as a free state

• Abolition of the slave trade in Washington D.C.

• Establishment of territorial governments in the Mexican Cession