Unit 4 - Day 1 Review

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Ended slavery in the South

• Banned slavery in new territories

• Created the Republican Party

• Introduced popular sovereignty to unorganized territories

What was decided in the Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sanford?

• Slaves who were taken into free Northern states could not be taken back into the South and enslaved again

• Slavery was a violation of First Amendment rights

• Slaves were not permitted to serve in the United States Army

• Slaves had no citizen rights and were not protected by the Constitution

The underlying cause of the Civil War was

• The Supreme Court's unwillingness to rule on slavery

• The Democratic party commitment to Abolitionism

• Section tensions created by slavery and states rights

• The North's unwillingness to compromise on tariffs

In 1860 and 1861 seven Southern states seceded from the Union in protest of

• The election of Republican Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

• The beating of Charles Sumner

• The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision

The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 were attempts by the federal government to

• Settle border disputes with Mexico

• Control the migration of settlers to the western territories

• Reduce the conflict over slavery

• Limit immigration from Europe

The ________________ meant that the states above the 36-30N Latitude line must be free, while states below could be entered as slave states

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Wilmot Provio

• Missouri Compromise

The ________ made it more difficult for enslaved people to escape and angered many northerners who refused to enforce this law.

• Fugitive slave act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Underground Railroad

The South's economy was focused on _______, while the North was more industrial.

• Factories

• plantations

• agriculture

• creating things

Which state entered into the Union as a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850?

• Missouri

• Nebraska

• California

• Kansas

Which region of the United States believed that states should be able to govern themselves without interference from the national government?

• Southern states

• Pacific Coast states

• Northern states

• Great Lake states