Civil War Review

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  

• James Monroe
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Henry Clay

Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise?

• The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states.
• The Compromise upset the balance of power between free states and slave states in the Senate.
• The Compromise was liked by Northerners, but not Southerners.
• The Compromise solved all future issues regarding new states.

Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• California

• Maine

• Missouri

• Texas

The idea that political power belongs to the people is called_____________________, and allows the people to make decisions about who will represent them in government and what laws will be established.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

Sectionalism occurs when people favor the interests of one section of the country over the interests of the entire country. The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act that followed ____________________________________.

• increased sectional tensions in the United States

• decreased sectional tensions in the United States

• kept sectional tensions between the north and the south about the same

This law said Americans could vote if their state should be free or have slaves.

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

In the Fugitive Slave Act, it was ILLEGAL for a northerner to let a runaway slave go free

• True 
• False

This slave was taken to the North, but told he could still not be free (even in a free state)

• Harriet Tubman
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Frederick Douglas
• Dred Scott

This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.

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

(Please select three correct answers) In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves...

• were NOT citizens of the U.S.

• had NO right to sue in court.

• were considered to be the property of their owner.

• should all be freed immediately.