Slave State vs Free State

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

When was the Missouri Compromise reached?

• 1820
• 1850
• 1776
• 1803

At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

• In the House of Representatives
• In the Senate
• In the Executive Branch
• In the Judicial Branch

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

• permitted, prohibited
• prohibited, permitted or allowed
• sometimes prohibited, never allowed
• cheap, expensive

What state would be added to the Union as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850

• Oregon
• California
• Michigan
• Iowa

As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?

• The Senate would vote
• The House of Representatives would vote
• The President would vote
• Popular sovereignty

Before 1854, slavery was banned from remaining Louisiana Purchase territory under the terms of _____.

• The compromise of 1850
• The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
• The 1820 Missouri Compromise
• The Wilmot Proviso

The abolitionist who led an attack along the Pottawatomie Creek with broad swords.

• Stephen Douglas
• Charles Sumner
• John Brown
• Preston Brooks

Why were a lot of people moving to Kansas to vote?

• Popular sovereignty was allowing people to vote if they wanted Kansas to be a free state or a slave state

• They wanted Abraham Lincoln to be elected

• They wanted Charles Robinson to be elected Governor

• They really like voting

What senator wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Henry Clay
• Stephen Douglas
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• John Calhoun