Unit 12: A Nation Divided

•California enters as a free state

•Rest of Mexican Cession is open to popular sovereignty

•Slave trade ended in Washington D.C.

•Tougher Fugitive Slave law

Which choice below best describes the agreement between the north and south described above?

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Freeport Doctrine

How was the issue of slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories decided?

• Popular sovereignty was not allowed.

• Popular sovereignty in both.

• Popular sovereignty only in Kansas.

• Popular sovereignty only Nebraska.

The Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case that…

• the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and Congress could not ban slavery in any federal territory.

• the Missouri Compromise was constitutional and African Americans were citizens.

• African-Americans could sue in federal court, but Dred Scott was not set free.

• Dred Scott should be set free

Kansas became known as “Bleeding Kansas” because

• there was civil war between Kansas and Nebraska.

• Kansas collapsed into civil war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups.

• Slavery was banned in Kansas.

• The U.S. military invaded Kansas.

In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, what issue became the central focus of the debates?

• “Bleeding Kansas”

• How to stop John Brown

• The newly formed Republican Party of the U.S.

• Slavery

•Eliminated the Missouri Compromise

•Divided the remainder of the Louisiana Territory •Created to Build a Railroad From Chicago to California

•Authored by Stephen Douglas

The list above refers to which law?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Wilmot Proviso

Which abolitionist was responsible for both the Pottawatomie Massacre and the Raid on Harper’s Ferry?

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• John Brown

The Fugitive Slave Act

• Made it legal to help runaway slaves.

• Made it mandatory to help runaway slaves.

• Made it a crime to help runaway slaves.

• Made it a crime not to help runaway slaves.

What affect did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin have?

• Slavery gained in popularity.

• The novel showed the harsh realities of slavery.

• Slavery expanded.

• Slavery began to die in the south.

Why did the Southern States decide to secede from the union after the election of 1860?

• They feared their economy and way of life would be destroyed.

• They thought that slaves would begin an uprising if they did not secede.

• They believed that seceding from the Union would end the possibility of war.

• They felt that secession would end the conflicts between the northern states over slavery.