Chapter 21 - A Dividing Nation

Where was slavery banned as a result of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• South of the Ohio River
• North of the Ohio River
• On the East Coast
• In Canada

There was an unspoken agreement in Congress to keep the number of free and slave states equal.

• True
• False

Because of its location, questions about slavery arose regarding what state?

• Missouri
• Iowa
• Louisiana
• Illinois

Why was it important to Southern senators to have an equal number of slave and free states?

• Issue of respect
• Issue of voting power
• Issue of tax revenue
• Issue of future elections

The Missouri Compromise allowed what state to be admitted as a free state?

• New York
• Iowa
• New Jersey
• Maine

Why was the imaginary line drawn through the Louisiana Purchase?

• It separated the North from the South
• It showed the borders of Missouri
• It separated areas with regard to allowing slavery
• It showed the southern border of the US

The Missouri Compromise failed to settle the future of slavery in the US as a whole.

• True
• False

What law was passed to help slave owners recapture their property?

• There was no such law
• The US Constitution
• The Fugitive Slave Act
• The Tallmadge Agreement

Where did the Wilmot Proviso ban slavery?

• Missouri
• The Northeast
• Florida
• Land acquired from Mexico

Both the North and the South welcomed California to the nation as a free state.

• True
• False