A Dividing Nation

How did Missouri’s application as a slave state in 1819 challenge U.S. law?

• It did not have a state constitution.

• States west of the Mississippi River were to be slave states.

• It did not have the population required for statehood.

• States north of the Ohio River were supposed to be free states.

What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• It temporarily ended the slavery debate.

• It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.

• It led to the South seceding from the Union.

• It upset the balance of slave and free states in the Union.

What was the significance of the 36 ̊30 ́ parallel?

• It separated the North from the South.

• It indicated the northern border of Missouri.

• It showed the borders of the United States.

• It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.

Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?

• Southern senators would lose respect.

• Southern senators would lose tax revenue.

• Southern senators would lose voting power.

• Southern senators would lose future elections.

In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?

• It created new taxes for railroad construction.

• It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves.

• It required the Underground Railway to be disbanded.

All of the following were true of the Compromise of 1850 except:

• California was added to the U.S. as a free state.

• It made it so that once slaves escaped to the North, they were free.

• The Utah and New Mexico territories were open to slavery by popular sovereignty.

• The slave trade was banned in Washington D.C.

Of the following, which person worked to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery?

• Henry Clay

• James Polk

• Nat Turner

• Stephen A. Douglas

All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except:

• Juries refused to convict people accused of not helping catch slaves.

• Northerners refused to obey the law.

• Mobs broke out to free captured slaves.

• Plantation owners did not want returned slaves.

How did Southerners react to the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• They were angry because they believed it did not give a true depiction of slavery.

• They were angry because it sold so many copies in such a short amount of time.

• They were happy because it was a good and clear description of slavery.

• They were happy because it inspired more Northerners to support slavery.

How did Northerners react to the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• They were happy because it was so popular and sold so many copies.

• They were angered by its horrific nature and many called for Congress to ban slavery.

• They were angry because they believed it was not an accurate depiction of slavery.

• They did not care about the book because they knew it was a fictional story.