USI.9b Civil War: Pre-War Compromises

Tensions over the issue of slavery increased as ___.

• new territories opened up in the West

• Southerners began promoting slavery in the North

• the US lost the Mexican-American War

Once a territory had 60,000 people, it could apply to become a state. This was difficult because ___.

• most territories would never get 60,000 people to live there

• adding new states would upset the balance of power in Congress

• most people did not want the US to expand to the West

The South feared the North would take control of Congress and began proclaiming ____ as a way to protect their way of life.

• Southern secession

• national supremacy

• states' rights

Which of the following statements are true?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• The South believed the individual states should have more power than the national government (Congress).

• The North believed the individual states should have more power than the national government (Congress).

• The South believed the national government has more authority/power.

• The North believed the national government has more authority/power.

Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state and Maine to join as a free state?

• Compromise of 1850

• Dred Scott Decision

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision created an imaginary line below Missouri's Southern border and said no territory above this line could allow slavery?

• Compromise of 1850

• Dred Scott Decision

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision allowed California to join the Union as a free state?

• Compromise of 1850

• Dred Scott Decision

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision divided the Mexican Cession into two Southwest territories, and allowed these two territories to vote on the issue of slavery?

• Compromise of 1850

• Dred Scott Decision

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision made stricter fugitive slave laws, requiring the North to return runaway slaves to the South?

• Compromise of 1850

• Dred Scott Decision

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Which pre-war compromise or Supreme Court Decision gave popular sovereignty to the people in the Kansas and Nebraska territories?

• Compromise of 1850

• Dred Scott Decision

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise