Leading Up to Bleeding Kansas

What was the number one issue in America when Kansas became a territory?

• Presidential election

• Slavery

• Religion

• Indian Removal Act

Check all of the answers that applied to enslaved people during this time.

• They only had a few rights.

• They were forced to work without pay.

• They lived in small shacks.

• They were given just a little food to eat.

Slavery was more popular in the ___________ because the economy was based on agriculture.

Why did the northern states not rely on slaves as much?

• They read Uncle Tom's Cabin.

• The abolitionists had convinced them all that slavery was evil.

• Their economy was based on manufacturing and industry.

• They believed the Constitution when they said "all men are created equal."

What is the definition of abolitionist?

• a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid capture, arrest or persecution.

• a person who believes in popular sovereignty

• a person who wants to open territories up for economic expansion

• a person or political movement that argues for ending slavery.

Which Compromise was made in 1820?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromises of 1850

• The Kansas Nebraska Act

• The 3/5s Law

Identify which compromises were part of the Missouri Compromise.

• Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.

• All states created above the 36 30 line from this point forward would be free states.

• The slave trade in Washington D.C. ended.

• Maine entered the Union as a free state.

The South allowed California to enter the union as a free state in 1850 because they received which trade-off?

• Missouri could enter as a slave state.

• They enacted a stricter Fugitive Slave Act.

• Popular sovereignty was given to Kansas.

• Native Americans would be removed from the South.

What does the term popular sovereignty mean?

• whether something is wrong or right

• to cancel or overturn a law

• a crop that is grown for profit

• an idea that lets the people of a state or territory vote on an issue, especially concerning slavery

Who was the lead person in trying to organize the land from the Louisiana Purchase into states?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Clay

• Stephen Douglas

• Dred Scott