Coming of the Civil War

Written in 1820, it helped settle the debate over slavery for territories in the Louisiana Purchase becoming states.

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Law
• Dredd Scott Decision

The Compromise of 1850 talked about 3 pieces of land...

• Maine/Texas/ Missouri
• California/Washington/ Mexican Cession
• California/ Washington D.C/ Mexican Secession
• Missouri/Maine/Washington

The Compromise of 1850 said that Washington D.C. was a "slave state". What was the one exception?

• Buying and Selling slaves was LEGAL
• Buying and Selling slaves was ILLEGAL
• Owning slaves was LEGAL
• Owning slaves was ILLEGAL

Under the Compromise of 1850 the Mexican Cession decided whether or not they would be free or slave states.

• True
• False

What term is used to describe "the ability to vote" on slave/free statehood?

• Abolitionist
• Sovereignty
• Slave Catcher
• Annexation

This law gave southerners more opportunity to have their escaped slaves caught and returned to their masters in the south.

• Annexation of Texas
• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Laws
• Missouri Compromise

What act repealed all other compromises and decisions made by congress about slavery?

• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Texas Annexation
• Fugitive Slave Law

It allowed people to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders through popular sovereignty.

• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Missouri Compromise
• Dredd Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1850

A person who believes all men are created equal and does not believe in slavery.

• Annexation
• Abolitionist
• Northerners
• Sovereignty

After the Kansas Nebraska Act many people moved to the western territories. Why did so many people move to these territories?

• To get away from their kids
• To find more land
• To make it a state
• To be able to vote on a free/slave state