Division of the Nation

Which congressional action resulted in the addition of California as a free state, popular sovereignty to decide slavery in Utah and New Mexico territories, and a new Fugitive Slave Act?

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Wilmot Provisio

Which one of these would abolitionists oppose the most?

• California becoming a free state

• slavery continuing in Washington, D.C.

• popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico

• the passage of a stricter Fugitive Slave Act

What was the main message of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

• The United States treated the Native Americans poorly.

• Slavery was cruel and should be outlawed.

• Child labor should be eliminated from factories.

• Discrimination against women was hurting the nation.

Who became known as "The Great Compromiser"?

• George Washington

• Henry Clay

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Paine

Who benefited the most from the Fugitive Slave Law?

• Northern citizens

• fugitive slaves

• Southern judges

• slave owners

What does "popular sovereignty" mean?

• Each state would decide if it wanted to leave the union.

• Voters would decide if the state would be a slave or free state.

• Each state would determine its immigration limits.

• Voters would decide if the state would enforce the "fugitive slave" laws.

Which of these came first?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Compromise of 1850

• raid on Harper's Ferry

Why did John Brown raid Harper's Ferry?

• to start a widespread slave revolt

• to guarantee that Kansas would be a free state

• to rescue a fugitive slave from prison

• to kidnap the mayor and hold him for ransom

What legislation led to "Bleeding Kansas"?

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the Missouri Compromise

• the Protective Tariff of 1828

• the Emancipation Proclamation

The Republican Party was formed in 1854 because of what issue?

• a fear of the growing influence of the Catholic church

• a fear of federal power over states' rights

• opposition to slavery in the new territories

• support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act