The Union in Peril

What was the Dred Scott decision?

• It abolished the tariff of abominations
• It said that Slaves were property not people
• It stated that a slave was free upon his master's death
• It ended the Fugitive Slave Law

How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the United States?

• Slavery would not be permitted in unofficial states.
• State or territories would decide whether to permit slavery.
• Slavery would not be permitted anywhere in the country.
• The federal government wold have the last word on slavery. 

What was the consequence of the Compromise of 1850?

• The federal government was losing power over the states.
• Divisions between North and South lessened.
• Economic benefits of the slave trade were destroyed in all parts of the Union.
• The balance of free and slave states ended in the Union. 

The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed which of the following:

• Compromise of 1850
• Missouri Compromise
• None of the above
• both compromises 

Loyalty to one's region rather then the whole country.

• Sectionalism
• Patriotism
• Favoritism
• Nationalism

President of the Confederate States of America

• Abe Lincoln
• Henry Clay
• Roger B. Taney
• Jefferson Davis

Which of the following was NOT part of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Fugitive slaves could testify on their own behalf
• People who hid or helped runaway slaves would be fined, jailed or both
• Comissioners earned more money by returning fugitives than rejecting slaveholders' claims (freeing fugitives)
• Slaveholders could use testimony from white witnesses.

What law compelled the North to return runaway slaves back to the South?

• Fugitive Dog Acts
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Abolition Act of 1850
• I refuse to answer this question based on the fact I have not studied!