events leading to the civil war

Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise?

• The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states.
• The Compromise upset the balance of power between free states and slave states in the Senate.
• The Compromise was liked by Northerners, but not Southerners.
• The Compromise solved all future issues regarding new states.

Nat Turner was:

• A slave who led a rebellion
• A slave owner who led a rebellion
• A slave who married his owner
• A slave who died of a cold

This was a proposal in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the new territories that resulted from the Mexican-American War ...

• Dred Scott Decision

• The Wilmot Proviso

• Faction

• Lincoln-Douglas Debate

According to the Compromise of 1850, What could New Mexico and Utah territories do?

• They could only join the Union as a free state.

• The people of the territory could decided where to allow slavery.

• They could only join the Union as a slave state.

• They could become their own nation.

This was a Novel that showed how evil slavery was.  It helped the anti-slavery movement grow stronger

• Of Mice and Men
• Fugitives
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Life of a Slave

The concept of popular sovereignty under the Kansas-Nebraska Act:

• allowed Kansas to enter the Union as a slave state.

• made the Underground Railroad legal.

• brought about the Dred Scott decision.

• allowed the people who lived in Kansas Territory to decide the fate of slavery in the state.

What was Dred Scott's reasoning for being free?

• He had lived in free territory
• He deserved it
• He had worked enough to earn his freedom
• His owner said he could

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• That slavery diminished the national character.
• That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.
• That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens
• That slavery should be abolished by executive order

Who Was John Brown?

• An avid abolitionist
• President of the United States of America
• A rich slave owner
• A southern democrat

John Brown was raiding....

• A plantation
• A farm rich in resources
• The White House
• a United States arsenal