Voting for Slavery

Many people wanted to build a _______ so they could move to different places faster.

• railroad

• port

Senator Stephen Douglas needed permission from the __________ to build the railroad.

• citizens

• national government

Douglas' plan was to let people in all US territories to vote to be free or slave once they become states.

• True

• False

Abraham Lincoln was a politician who agreed to slavery.

• True

• False

Slave owners argued that it is their __________ to own slaves.

• freedom

• destiny

Owning people is wrong.

• True

• False

When Kansas had an election to decide its new leaders, some people from Missouri voted because they supported slavery. They picked leaders who wanted slavery. Did they break the law?

• No

• Yes

The election in Kansas caused a big fight that injured and killed people. Because of this, people called the area ____________.

• Blood Battle in Kansas

• Bleeding Kansas

The Constitution did not allow the national government to take away the slave since they thought of them as ____________.

• property

• family

Dred Scott sued for his freedom but the Supreme Court said that no black person could be a citizen of the United States.

• True

• False