Ch. 21- A Dividing Nation

What was important about the 36°30′ parallel?

• It separated the North from the South
• It split Missouri into two separate states. 
• It showed where slavery was allowed and banned.
• It is the latitudinal line of the equator.

The Northwest Ordinance set a boundary of where slavery would be banned. What was this boundary?

• The Ohio River
• The Mississippi River
• The Trail of Tears
• The Iowa border

How did Missouri's application as a slave state challenge U.S. law?

• States East of the Ohio River were slave states
• States north of the Ohio River were to be free states
• It did not have enough people to become a state

What two senators kept the interests of the north and south balanced?

• Henry Clay & John Brown
• Henry Clay & Daniel Webster
• Daniel Webster & James Polk
• Charles Sumner & Stephen A. Douglas

Which area was slavery banned according to the Wilmot Proviso?

• Territory gained from the Mexican-American War
• Kansas and Nebraska territories
• Florida Territory from Spain
• The Louisiana Territory

What was true about the outcome of the 1860 Presidential election?

• Lincoln was popular in both the North and South
• The South was eager to abolish slavery
• The nation was divided over slavery.
• Lincoln won the popular vote in all states.

What were Southern Senators afraid of most if there were more free votes than slave votes?

• losing respect
• losing tax dollars
• losing future presidential elections 
• losing voting power

Why did John Brown raid the arsenal in Harper's Ferry?

• To bring awareness on the issue of slavery 
• To steal weapons and give them to slaves in order to end slavery
• To unite the country in a peaceful way
• To steal the weapons to lead a Native American revolt.

How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates impact Lincoln's political future?

• He won the Senate race against Douglas
• Many Southerners began to support Lincoln's ideas
• He became well-known throughout the nation.
• When he lost, he withdrew himself from politics.

What aspect of the Compromise of 1850 pleased the South?

• The end of the slave trade in Washington D.C.
• It required the Underground Railroad to be dismantled.
• the Fugitive Slave Act
• California becoming a free state