Compromises before the Civil War

In the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was a​ (a)   state, and Maine was a ​ (b)   state.

• slave
• free
• western

Which compromise during the Civil War made California a free state?

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Following the election of ​ (a)   the southern states seceded from the Union. Confederate forces attacked ​ (b)   in South Carolina, marking the beginning of the Civil War.

• Abraham Lincoln,
• Fort Sumter
• George Washington
• Saratoga
• George Washington,

​ (a)   and many Northerners believed that the United States was one nation that could not be ​ (b)   or divided.

• Lincoln
• separated
• Jefferson
• lived in

Which compromise allowed the people to decide on the issue of slavery ("popular sovereignty")?

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850