The Union in Crisis Pre-Civil War Partner Activity

One provision of the Compromise of 1850

• admitted Washington D.C. to the Union as a free state.
• loosened the requirements of the Fugitive Slave Act
• admitted California as a slave state.
• admitted California as a free state.

The Fugitive Slave Act adopted in 1850

• required private citizens to assist with apprehending runaway slaves.
• required private citizens to help runaway slave escape.
• applied only to northern states.
• applied only to southern states.

The House of Representatives tried to resolve the dispute between the North and the South about slavery in the territories by

• repealing the Wilmot Proviso.

• annexing Texas

• adopting the Wilmot Proviso.

• repealing the Compromise of 1850.

In 1854, the issue of slavery was inflamed by the

• Wilmot Provision
• Missouri Comprimise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Free-Soil Party

Why did John Brown attack the arsenal at Harper's Ferry?

• He wanted to avenge the deaths of his sons.
• He was protesting in favor of slavery.
• He hoped to inspire a revolution that would end slavery.
• He wanted to die as a martyr.

What law was found to be unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision?

• the personal liberty laws

• the Wilmot Provision

• the Missouri Compromise

• the Runaway Slave Act

Territorial expansion during the first half of the 19th century contributed to 

• a balanced budget
• escalating the debate over slavery
• weakening the policy of isolationism
• improving the living conditions of Native Americans

This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

Which President said these words?

"You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend it.'

• Abraham Lincoln, Inaugural Address, 1861

• George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796

• Sam Houston, Inaugural Address, 1801

• David Wilmot, Inaugural Address 1829

Why was popular sovereignty important in the Civil War?

• People living in a new territory to decide by vote of their territorial legislature
• To vote, you could send a letter of who you wanted to vote for
• If you didn’t want to vote in another state you didn’t have to
• People that wanted to vote, but were in another state than the one you lived in could vote without signing papers