Road to Civil War

Which of the following were terms of the Missouri Compromise

• Missouri would be a slave state.

• Maine would be a free state.

• Both of the above.

• None of the above.

According to the Missouri Compromise, what would happen in the Louisiana Territory?

• Slavery would be allowed in the entire territory.

• Slavery would be outlawed in the entire territory.

• Slavery would be allowed in the northern part, but illegal in the South.

• Slavery would be allowed in the southern part, but illegal in the North.

The Missouri Compromise did not permanently resolve the issue of slavery because (select ALL correct options)

• after it was made, the U.S. won more land in the Mexican War.

• abolitionists continued to fight against slavery.

• the South had far more western territory, and would one day take over the Senate.

• the President refused to approve it.

According to the Compromise of 1850, Washington, D.C. would

• eliminate all slavery.

• allow slavery without limits.

• allow slavery, but outlaw the buying and selling of slaves within the city.

• none of these

A fugitive slave was

• someone who ran away.

• someone who attacked their master.

• someone who refused to work in the fields.

• someone who followed orders without question.

According the the Compromise of 1850, northerners were

• allowed to help fugitive slaves escape.

• legally required to help southerners capture fugitive slaves.

• not to be involved with fugitive slaves in any way.

• legally required to help fugitives escape.

Which of the following were terms of the Compromise of 1850? (Select ALL that are true.)

• California would become a free state.

• California would become a slave state.

• The other land won in the Mexican War would be open to slavery.

• The other land won in the Mexican War would NOT be open to slavery.

Which of the following are reasons for dissatisfaction with the Compromise of 1850? (Select ALL correct answers.)

• Northerners hated the Fugitive Slave Law.

• Southerners were angry that many northerners broke the Fugitive Slave Law and were not punished.

• The people of California wanted the right to own slaves.

• Southerners wanted slavery be outlawed in D.C.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act called for popular sovereignty in those territories. Explain what that meant.

• Both would be free territories.

• Both would be slave territories.

• The citizens of each territory would vote on whether to allow slavery.

• The Supreme Court would decide whether to permit slavery in those territories.

What was the title of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel about the cruelty of slavery?

• Gone With the Wind

• Our American Cousin

• Ethan Frome

• Uncle Tom's Cabin