Ch 15 Review

What is the idea that political power belongs to the people?

• Popular sovereignty

• Direct democracy

• Representative democracy

• Communism

What did the Wilmot Proviso try to do?

• Declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

• Ban slavery in all eastern territories

• Ban slavery in all western territories

• Allow slavery in all western territories

What was not one of the conditions of the Compromise of 1850?

• California would enter as a free state

• California would enter as a slave state

• Western territories would vote for allowing or banning slavery

• It created the Fugitive Slave Act

Who created the Compromise of 1850?

• Zachary Taylor

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Henry Clay

What famous abolitionist contributed to the violence in "Bleeding Kansas?"

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

• Dred Scott

• Abraham Lincoln

What event started the violence in Kansas?

• Pottawatomie Massacre

• Sack of Lawrence

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Attack of Harper's Ferry

Why did Dred Scott claim he should be free when suing the US?

• Slavery should illegal

• His owner was a doctor and not a farmer

• He should be free since he had lived in a free state/territory

• His owner died

What was not one of the parts of the Dred Scott decision?

• African Americans, whether slave or free, were not citizens

• Scott's status of free or slave depended on the laws in MO

• Declared the Missouri Compromise to be Unconstitutional

• Dred Scott would be able to pay for his freedom

Why did John Brown move to Kansas?

• To vote and help make it a slave state

• To buy slaves

• To help with the anti-slavery government

• To fight against the pro-slavery groups

What did John Brown want to do with the weapons he stole from Harper's Ferry?

• Arm slaves in the area for a rebellion

• Sell them for profit

• Use them to fight abolitionists in Kansas

• Give them to slave owners to help prevent escapes