A Dividing Nation

Harper's Weekly magazine printed this picture of a slave auction in the South in 1861. Who is being auctioned off as property?

• African American men only

• African American men and women

• African American men, women, and children

• African American women only

In 1861 seven states left the Union and formed the Confederate States of America (CSA). The artist drew the CSA's first official flag to show that

• the scene took place in the South.

• the scene took place after secession.

• slavery took place in the South.

• all of the above

Locate the man in the black suit and hat. Based on the setting and date of the scene and your knowledge of Section 21.2, what was this man doing?

• trying to get signatures on an anti-slavery petition

• trying to get people to buy the woman and her baby

• protesting slavery as immoral and unconstitutional

• trying to get support for the Tallmadge Amendment

Between 1820 and 1860, Americans were divided over

• the Tallmadge Amendment.

• admitting Alabama as a slave state.

• the issue of slavery.

• the process of adding new states to the Union.

What did the Missouri Compromise authorize the people of the Missouri territory to do?

• vote on becoming a state

• form a state government

• vote on allowing slavery

• decide the size of their state

Which of the following was a provision of the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri could join the Union as a slave state.

• Missouri could join the Union as a free state.

• Maine could join the Union as a slave state.

• Maine and Missouri could join the Union as slave states.

Why did abolitionists protest the "gag rule" of 1836?

• It prevented abolitionists from speaking against slavery.

• It silenced congressional debate about slavery.

• It attempted to ban abolitionist ideas in Missouri.

• It banned attacks against slavery in newspapers.

Congress passed the Missouri Compromise in 1820. What happened in 1849 that threatened to upset the balance between slave states and free states?

• California applied for admission to the Union as a free state.

• The people of Missouri voted to secede from the United States.

• Congress approved the Wilmot Proviso banning slavery in the Mexican Cession.

• Southerners succeeded in opening all of the Mexican Cession to slavery.

The Fugitive Slave Act was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. To whom was this poster addressed?

• enslaved African Americans in the South

• watchmen and police officers in Boston

• free African Americans in Boston

• slave catchers in the South

Why did the poster warn free African Americans to avoid watchmen and police officers?

• Free African Americans were at risk of being enslaved.

• Watchmen and police officers had the authority to capture escaped slaves.

• Free African Americans were being hired as slave catchers.

• all of the above