How did Missouri's application as a state with slavery in 1819 challenge U.S. law?
L-21 A Dividing Nation Test

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
states north of the Ohio River were to be free
it did not have a state constitution
it did not have the population required for statehood
states west of the Mississippi were to be states with slavery
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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what was the effect of the Missouri compromise?
it led to the south seceding from the union
it required Southern states to pay higher taxes
it temporarily ended the slavery debate
it upset the balance of states with slavery and free states in the Union
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the significance of the 36'30' parallel?
it indicated where slavery was allowed and banned
it separated the North from the South
it indicated the northern border of Missouri
it showed the borders of the United States
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Whish was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than states with slavery? Losing...
respect
tax revenue
voting power
future elections
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery banned?
southern states
northern states
Louisiana Territory
land acquired from Mexico
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery?
Nat Turner and John Brown
James Polk and John Quincy Adams
Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
Charles Sumner and Stephen A. Douglas
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except
many enslaved people moved to Canada
plantation owners did not want returned enslaved people
Northerners refused to obey the law
people who caught fugitives from slavery were driven back to the South
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