Unit 13 Road to the Civil War

California applied for statehood as what type of state?

• slave

• free

• neutral

• federal

__________ is when people are more loyal to their state.

• nationalism

• sectionalism

• democracy

• popular sovereignty

__________ is when people have the right to rule themselves and decide on issues that would affect their state.

• nationalism

• sectionalism

• democracy

• popular sovereignty

The Compromise of 1850 ended slave trade where?

• north

• California

• south

• Washington D.C.

What 2 territories were organized as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• New Mexico

• Nevada

• Utah

• New Mexico and Utah

The Fugitive Slave Act punished anyone assisting with what?

• slave owners

• free slaves

• runaway slaves

• slavery in general

The Missouri Compromise was cancelled by what?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Lincoln's election

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

The slave that sued the government for his freedom was

• Uncle Tom

• Dred Scott

• Fredrick Douglas

• John C. Freemont

The candidate for the Republican Party in the 1856 election was

• Millard Fillmore

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Buchanan

• John C. Freemont

The Democratic and winner of the 1856 election was

• Millard Fillmore

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Buchanan

• John C. Freemont