Ch.15

In 1820, Missouri was added as a slave state under what agreement?

• Missouri Agreement

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1820

Which of the following was not a territory acquired from Mexico?

• Texas

• Oregon

• California

• New Mexico

Which of the following was not agreed upon under the Compromise of 1850?

• California would be a free state

• There would be no restriction on slavery in New Mexico

• Slave trade would be outlawed in Washington D.C.

• All new states could vote on their slave status

Which of the following is not true about the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Many Northerners were sentenced to death for breaking the new law

• Northerners were required to send escaped slaves back to the South

• The law angered many Northerners

• Many African Americans who were sent back were never actually slaves

What term describes the ability for states to choose their slavery status through a vote?

• abstain

• popular sovereignty

• secession

• sectionalism

What term means to breakaway and leave the Union?

• abstain

• martyr

• fugitive

• secede

Which of the following terms means to have an exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country?

• sectionalism

• nationalism

• secession

• popular sovereignty

People who cheated the system and rushed to Kansas to cast their slavery status vote?

• Border Rushers

• Abolitionists

• Border Ruffians

• Confederates

An abolitionist who felt God chose him to end slavery and led a group of men south to lead a slave rebellion.

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

• John Breckenridge

• Stephen Douglas

What is a person called who dies for a great cause?

• fugitive

• abstain

• border ruffian

• martyr