Westward Expansion

The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to enter as a free state and ...

• New Mexico & Utah enter as slave states

• New Mexico & Utah determine slavery through popular sovereignty

• banned slavery in Texas

• New Mexico & Utah enter as fee states

According to the Compromise of 1850, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?

• Dred Scott Decision

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

Kansas earned this nickname as a result of the violence that broke out over disagreements for the expansion of slavery.

• Pottowatomie massacre

• The Jayhawk State

• Bleeding Kansas

• The mob state

Which of the following was TRUE regarding the Missouri Compromise? 

• It was created by South Carolinian John C. Calhoun 

• It prevented the spread of slavery into western territories

• It kept the balance between slave and free states in the Senate 

• It caused the price of cotton to dramatically increase

What was popular sovereignty?

• Allowed states in the north to vote for slavery

• Allowed states in the south to abolish slavery

• Allowed territories in the west to vote whether they wanted slavery or not

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Kansas and Nebraska are allowed to vote for statehood

• Kansas and Nebraska are granted a local assembly

• Kansas and Nebraska can decide whether to be free or slave territories

Which state were Natives forced to settle during the Trail of Tears?

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What does this image represent?

• The consequence of the Indian Removal Act

• The migration of Native American from their summer to winter homes

• The consequence of the War of 1812

• Native Americans attacking Georgians

This state entered the Union as "SLAVE" state in Missouri Compromise.

• Missouri

• Massachusetts

• Maine

• South Carolina

Why did Texans fight for independence from Mexico?

• Mexico closed the border to new US immigrants

• Mexico raised tariffs on US products

• Mexico wanted to abolish slavery

• All of the above