Chapter 15 Review

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri

• Maine

• Kentucky

• Ohio

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  

• James Monroe
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Henry Clay

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

• permitted, prohibited
• prohibited, permitted or allowed
• sometimes prohibited, never allowed
• cheap, expensive

What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?

• an act created to let Kansas and Nebraska decide whether they want slavery or not.

• an act to ensure that kansas and nebraska have slavery.

• an act created to make kansas and nebraska choose to be a confederate or union soldier.

• an act to make kansas and nebraska become free states.

Why were a lot of people moving to Kansas to vote?

• Popular sovereignty was allowing people to vote if they wanted Kansas to be a free state or a slave state

• They wanted Abraham Lincoln to be elected

• They wanted Charles Robinson to be elected Governor

• They really like voting

What was the Compromise of 1850?

• A compromise that satisfied both sides by making California a free state and the territories of Utah and New Mexico would decide for themselves.

• Missouri is free, Utah is not

• Missouri would be created as a free state

• New Mexico and Utah fought over land

What State was added to the North as a "free state" during the Missouri Compromise?

• Massachusetts
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Maine

What did the Dred Scott decision say?

• It considered slaves to be property without rights.
• It outlawed slavery in all U.S. states
• It required that slavery not be allowed in all new states
• It gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens

The election of who as President in 1860 caused the South to begin to secede from the Union?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Andrew Jackson

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

What name did the South take for its new country?

• The Union of States

• The Confederates States of America

• The Confederation Country

• The Confederate States of the South