US History Review Pt 1

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

• California

• Maine

• Missouri

• Texas

Which politician from Kentucky was instrumental in creating the Compromise of 1850? Hint: He also was key in passing the Missouri Compromise in 1820,

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• John C. Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln

As a result of the MO Compromise, Maine became a free state and ___________ became a slave state.

• Louisiana

• Alabama

• Kansas

• Missouri

An abolitionist wants to

• keep slavery

• end slavery

• pay slaves

What was needed to 'prove' a man was an escaped slave?

• A testimony from a white man

• A testimony from a black man

• Evidence including a description

• Evidence from their owner

Who was Dred Scott?

• A Slave Owner

• A Widow

• A Doctor

• A Slave

This law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave states 

• Fugitive Slave Act 
• Bleeding Kansas
• Missouri Compromise 
• Kansas-Nebraska Act 

Who was a violent opponent of slavery?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

• John C Calhoun

Sectionalism, States' Rights, and slavery all led to the ​ (a)  

• Civil war.
• Manifest Destiny.
• American Revolution.
• Popular Sovereignty.

The Union strategy at the beginning of the Civil War was called the...

• Defense First plan
• Anaconda Plan
• King Cotton
• Try to Compromise Plan