SLAVERY DIVIDES A NATION

what was the goal of the Free-Soil Party?

• to entend slavery in the western territories

• to ban slavery in the western territories

• to help runaway slaves reach freedom

how were the goals of the Republican Party and the Free-Soil Party alike?

• both wanted to keep slavery out of the western territories

• both wanted popular sovereignty to decide the slavery question in the territories

• both supported the immediate abolition of slavery

which led to the formation of the Republican Party in 1850?

• dissatisfaction with the weak stand on slavery taken by Whigs and Democrats

• dissatisfaction with how the Whigs dealt with protective tariffs

• Belief in the need for stronger support for the Fugitive Slave Act

to what area did the Missouri Compromise apply?

• lands from MIssissippi River to Pacific Ocean

• lands east of Missouri to the Atlantic

• Lands in the Louisiana territory

what declared that Congress unable to ban the slave trade between slave states

• Wilmot Proviso

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

what led to violence in Kansas in 1855?

• the repeal of the Compromise of 1850

• the election of Abraham Lincoln as PResident

• the rivalry between pro and anti slavery settlers

which statements correctly describes the issue that led to the Compromise of 1850?

• admitting Texas giving slave states an advantage that could not be reversed

• admitting California extending slavery into a territory acquired from Mexico

• admitting California giving free states an advantage over slave states

which best expresses the reaction of many northerners to the Fugitive Slave Act?

• "We don't respect this law, and we won't obey it."

• "We disagree with this law, even thoug it does not effect us directly."

• "This law justly protects the rights of property owners."

how did the ruling of Dred Scott affect the slavery debate?

• it reversed the Missouri Compromise

• it temporarily united antislavery and proslavery forces

• it protected the right of a freed slave to file a lawsuit

what was one effect of the Dred Scott decision?

• it was condemned by free African Americans

• it led to violence in the Kansas territory

• it angered people who supported slavery