Henry Clay's compromise became known as

• the Maine compromise
• the Missouri compromise 
• Clay's compromise
• Henry's compromise

Which party endorsed the Wilmot Proviso?

• Whig
• Free-Soil
• Democratic
• Republican

Enforcement of the Fugitive act led to

• treating slaves better
• more anger in the North 
• recognition of Southerners' rights
• an end to the struggle

Stephen A. Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through

• popular sovereignty
• states' choice
• free choice 
• people's choice

In the congressional election of 1858, the Senate race in what state had national attention?

• Illinois
• Kansas
• Indiana
• Ohio

In the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was admitted as a slave state, and ___ was admitted as a free state.

• Maine
• Maryland
• Montana
• Mississippi

the main topic of the Lincoln- Douglas debates was

• Western territories
• free silver
• slavery
• war with Mexico

Who was NOT a presidential candidate in 1860?

• John C. Calhoun 
• John Bell
• Abraham Lincoln 
• John Breckinridge

Southerners justified secession with the theory of

• constitutional rights 
• federal rights
• slave codes
• states' rights 

the main issue in the election of 1844 was the annexation of 

• Texas
• Kansas
• Missouri
• California