Civil War

Northern states wanted new states to be free. Southern states wanted new states to be slave states. Both Northern and Southern states had ________ _______ __ _______.

• Unequal Power in Congress
• Equal Power in Congress
• Equal Power in Declaration of Independence
• Unequal Power in Civil War

Written in 1820, it helped settle the debate over slavery for territories in the Louisiana Purchase becoming states.

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Law
• Dredd Scott Decision

Any new territory that becomes a state NORTH of the 36-30 line would be a _____ state.

• Free
• Slave
• Sovereign
• Abolitionist

Any new territory south of the 36-30 line would be a _____ state.

• Free
• Slave
• Sovereign
• Abolitionist

The Missouri Compromise allowed what state to be a slave state and what state to be a free state?

• Missouri/ Maine
• Maine/Missouri
• Texas/California
• California/ D.C

To take over a territory.

• Abolitionist
• Sovereign
• Annexation
• Secede

It took Texas ___ years to become a state.

• 1
• 5
• 9
• 10

Texas was a state that DID NOT allow slavery.

• True
• False

The Compromise of 1850 talked about 3 pieces of land...

• Maine/Texas/ Missouri
• California/Washington/ Mexican Cession
• California/ Washington D.C/ Mexican Secession
• Missouri/Maine/Washington

The Compromise of 1850 said that Washington D.C. was a "slave state". What was the one exception?

• Buying and Selling slaves was LEGAL
• Buying and Selling slaves was ILLEGAL
• Owning slaves was LEGAL
• Owning slaves was ILLEGAL