Lesson 23 A Dividing Nation

How did Missouri's application as a slave state in 1819 challenge U.S. law?

• States north of the Ohio River were to be free states

• States west of the Mississippi River were to be slave states

• It did not have the population required for statehood

• It did no have a state constitution

Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?

• losing respect

• losing tax revenue

• losing future elections

• losing voting power

What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• It required Southern states to pay higher taxes

• It led to the South seceding from the Union

• It temporarily ended the slavery debate

• It upset the balance of slave and free states in the Union

What was the significance of the 36°30' N parallel?

• It separated North from South

• It indicated the northern border of Missouri

• It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned

• It showed the borders of the United States

According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery banned?

• land acquired from Mexico

• Southern states

• Louisiana Territory

• Northern states

In what way did the Compromise of 1850 please the South?

• It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves

• It required the Underground Railroad to be disbanded

• It created new taxes for railroad construction

• It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington DC

Which two people worked to balance the interests of North and South in regards to slavery?

• Charles Sumner and Stephen Douglas

• Nat Turner and John Brown

• James Polk and John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay and Daniel Webster

Which of the following are reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed-

• many slaves moved to Canada

• Northerners refused to obey the law

• plantation owners did not want returned slaves

• hounded slave catchers returned to the South

What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• It turned many more people against slavery

• It created a slave revolt in Kentucky

• Congress agreed that slavery should be abolished

• The South became more resolved to secede from the Union

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify (cancel) the Missouri Compromise?

• It changed the borders of Missouri

• It established new interstate trade rules

• It allowed slavery in the new Northern territories

• It required that all of Missouri be free