Events Leading to the American Civil War

What was the effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• It upheld the balance of pro-slavery and anti-slavery states in Congress.
• It banned slavery in the territories of the Northwest.
• It became a victory for the anti-slavery movement.
• It revoked the Compromise of 1850.

 • Missouri Compromise of 1820
 • Compromise of 1850
 • Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
These legislative acts were all efforts to resolve disagreements over what issue?

• War
• Slavery
• tariffs

Use the information below to answer the question that follows.
 • California entered the Union as a free state
 • Utah and New Mexico would decide for themselves
  whether to be slave states or free states
 • The slave trade in Washington, D.C., ended 
 • The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted
This list identifies provisions that were all part of which compromise?

• the Three-Fifths Compromise
• the Missouri Compromise
  
• the Compromise Tariff of 1833
• the Compromise of 1850
  

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• Fugitive Slave Law included in Compromise of 1850
• Dred Scott v. Sandford decision of the Supreme Court
How did the actions above affect the lives of slaves during the mid-1800s?

• They made it easier for slaves to receive an education.
• The made it more difficult for slaves to be moved westward.
• They made it more difficult for slaves to secure their freedom.
• They made it easier for slaves to participate in abolition societies.

Why would politicians of the American South support the statement “You dare not make war on King Cotton” during the pre-Civil War era?

• The northern states depended on southern cotton for a successful industrial complex.
• England was dependent on American cotton for its textile industry.
• Cotton was the largest and most valuable export for the entire nation.
• Railroads and canals had been developed to support the cotton industry.

In its 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in U.S. territories. Also, in upholding the Fifth Amendment rights of slave owners, the Court recognized slaves as property. It further ruled that African Americans were not United States citizens

• It strengthened slavery as a part of United States society.
  
• It settled the debate over states’ rights and federal power.
  
• It denied the government a role in making decisions about the economy.
• It gave states the authority to determine who was a United States citizen.

Harriet Beecher Stowe published her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852. It sold 10,000 copies in its first week and 300,000 copies in its first year. What best explains the importance of Stowe’s novel?

• It encouraged more people to settle the West.
  
• It inspired many people to support abolitionism.
  
• It helped to increase literacy rates in the country.
  
• It was the first book written by an American woman.
  

Use the list to answer the question that follows.
1850 – Fugitive Slave Act 
1854 – The Kansas-Nebraska Act
1857 – Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
What was one way that abolitionists responded to these government actions?

• They urged their states to secede from the Union.
• They worked with officials to ensure they were enforced.
  
• They continued helping slaves escape on the Underground Railroad.
• They campaigned to have more western territories admitted as states.