The Missouri Compromise resulted in ...?

Missouri being entered into the Union but as a SLAVE state and Maine entered as a FREE state

Missouri entered the Union as a FREE state and Maine entered as a SLAVE state

California entered the Union as a FREE state

California entered the Confederacy

The Compromise of 1850 resulted in ALL of the following EXCEPT...?

California added as a slave state

Washington DC discontinued slave trade

Fugitive Slave Act allowed slave owners get back their runaway slaves

SW territories can vote on slavery

The Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in which of the following?

Popular Sovereignty allowed citizens to vote on slavery in both territories leading to angry mobs flooding into the region

Kansas was admitted to Union as FREE state

Nebraska was admitted to Union as SLAVE state

Kansas and Nebraska assigned as Indian Territories

Why was cotton referred to as "King" by the 1830s in America?

Cotton production represented the United States' number one commodity for domestic use and export

The growing of cotton had arisen from a command by King William IV of England

Cotton was a multi-purpose product that boosted the supply of food, clothing, and building materials

High levels of cotton was grown in every section of the U.S., North, South, and West

The Dred Scott case determined that slaves

were property and could not bring a case before the court.

could sue for their freedom with enough proof.

would be freed if they lived in the Northern states.

could travel freely with their master's permission.

Why did the South oppose tariffs?

Favored the Northern economy and threatened to hurt the Southern economy

Favored the Westwern economy and had no effect elsewhere

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott Decision?

Congress had no power to prohibit slavery

Slaves are U.S. citizens and not property

Dred Scott was granted his freedom

Slavery was prohibited in all new territories

Why is the 3/5 Compromise significant?

It is the part of the Constitution that defined how the U.S. would count enslaved people as part of the population of each state for the purposes of representation and taxation

It was a compromise that included the Fugitive Slave Act

It established the 36'30 line to define where slavery would and would not be permitted (as the U.S. government moved westward)

It ensured that Missouri would enter the U.S. as a state where slavery was permitted, while Maine would enter as a free state

What was the purpose of both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

They were meant to peacefully resolve disputes over slavery in US territories

They were passed by the General Assembly to settle the issue of whether or not GA should secede from the Union

They were adopted to proclaim that states had the right to "nullify" laws believed were unconstitutional

They formally established the Confederate States of America

Both the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 settled conflicts between the North and the South over-

the admission of new states into the Union

immigration to the United States

the role of the Supreme Court in declaring acts unconstitutional

Which issue did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all concern?

The extension of slavery in the western territories.

The placement of tariffs on foreign imports.

The need for internal improvements in transportation.

The distribution of frontier lands to small farm owners.

The climate and topography of the Southeastern United States had a major impact on the history of the United States before 1860 because the region-

grew agricultural products that encouraged the continuation of slavery

developed as the largest domestic source of steel production

became the center of commerce and manufacturing

was the area in which most immigrants chose to settle

Based on the excerpt, which conclusion can be drawn about Chief Justice Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case?

Scott was considered as property that could not be taken from its owner.

Scott was a citizen of the United States.

By living in Missouri, Scott was no longer a slave.

The Missouri Compromise allowed Scott to bring a case to the Supreme Court.

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The right of a state's citizens to decide the issue of slavery in their state

Secession

Popular Sovereignty

Abolition

Suffrage

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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The act of formally withdrawing from the union

Textiles

Missouri Compromise

Popular sovereignty

Secession

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The right to vote

Suffrage

Popular Sovereignty

Missouri Compromise

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Attempting to make something better (prisons, schools, etc)

Textiles

Reform

Suffrage

Manifest Destiny

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The belief that slavery should be made illegal (abolish)

Sectionalism

Reform

Abolition

Suffrage

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The term for differences that arose between different regions of the country (North vs. South)

Reform

Sectionalism

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What does "antebellum" mean?

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5th Grade Unit 3- Agency and Advocacy (US History- Antebellum)

The right of a state's citizens to decide the issue of slavery in their state

The act of formally withdrawing from the union

The right to vote

Attempting to make something better (prisons, schools, etc)

The belief that slavery should be made illegal (abolish)

The term for differences that arose between different regions of the country (North vs. South)

What does "antebellum" mean?

What does "abolition" or "abolish" mean?

The Missouri Compromise resulted in ...?

The Compromise of 1850 resulted in ALL of the following EXCEPT...?

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