Antebellum Compromises Review

Which legal decision declared slaves to be non-human and non-citizens?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Dred Scott Case

It happened in 1854.

• Missouri Compromise

• Nullification Crisis

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Why was the Fugitive Slave Act passed?

• to force Northerners to return escaping slaves

• to protect escaping slaves

• to make a system for identifying escaping slaves

• to allow slaveowners a simple way to free their slaves

This law made Maine a free state.

• Missouri Compromise

• Nullification Crisis

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

This event was caused by South Carolina being unhappy with a tariff (a tax on imports).

• Missouri Compromise

• Nullification Crisis

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

What major effect did the Dred Scott decision have?

• It said no slave could ever be freed by their master

• It destroyed the Underground Railroad

• It ended the concept of "free states"

• It caused a widespread slave rebellion

Which three compromises were solved by Henry Clay?

(PICK 3 ANSWERS!)

• Missouri Compromise

• Nullification Crisis

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

This event happened in 1832.

• Missouri Compromise

• Nullification Crisis

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

This court made the final decision in the Dred Scott case.

• Missouri Appellate Court

• Illinois Circuit Court

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Wisconsin County Court

The issue in this event was whether to allow slavery in the land gained from the Mexican Cession.

• Missouri Compromise

• Nullification Crisis

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act