Standard 8-4.3

What law was repealed by allowing popular sovereignty?

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

What new political party formed in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• The Free Soil Party

• The Republican Party

How did Uncle Tom's Cabin help the cause of the Abolitionist Movement?

• it was written by a northern woman

• depicted slave owners as cruel and barbaric

Which of the following statements BEST explains why Abraham Lincoln won in 1860?

• he was an abolitionist

• the South split their votes among several candidates

What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• to make Missouri a slave state

• to maintain the balance of free and slave

How did John Brown's raid increase sectionalism?

• Southerners liked John Brown

• Southerners feared abolitionists and slave revolts

What could a state do to nullify a law?

• veto it

• hold a special convention to nullify it

What problem did the land won in the Mexican War create?

• Mexico was an enemy of the US

• new states led to an imbalance of free and slave states

How was popular sovereignty used in the West?

• allowed people to vote if they wanted slavery or not

• allowed people to vote on statehood

Which of the following did not help the North?

• Fugitive Slave Law

• CA entering as a free state

• Ending the slave trade in DC

• New Mexico entering as a free state