events leading to Civil War

The boundaries of the Louisiana Territory in 1803.

• South to the Rio Grande River
• North to Canada
• West of Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains
• East from the Ohio River to New York

Manifest Destiny was the belief that...

• It was the United States' God given right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
• Native peoples in the United States should be treated with respect.
• The United States should respect the land claims of countries.
• All people in the United States should have the right to vote.

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Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise?

• It was only a temporary solution
• The Unorganized Territory permitted slavery
• The Arkansas Territory prohibited (banned) slavery
• It solved all issues concerning slavery in the west

What did California and Texas have in common?

• Both would enter the Union as slave states.
• Both would enter the Union as free states.
• Both were former Mexican territories.
• Both were jointly occupied by the United States and Great Britain.

Dred Scott was famous for ___________. 

• being sued by someone else
• suing for his freedom
• being in the military
• being a famous doctor

Why would Harriet Tubman go back to the south?

• to save other slaves

• to find animals

• to find her owners

• to travel

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this influential book that caused many in the North to become anti-slavery after reading it.

• Nat Turner's Revolt
• The Liberator
• The Bugler
• Uncle Tom's Cabin

Abolition is a movement to end...

• the consumption of alcohol
• slavery
• women's rights
• trade

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 e3ht fate of slavery in the state.