Slavery and the United States

What was the main issue driving a wedge through the United States?

• The issue of slavery

• The issue of taxation

• The issue of trade

• The issue of immigration

What did abolitionists believe about slavery?

• It should be expanded to all states

• It should be abolished completely

• It should be limited to certain states

• It should be regulated by the federal government

What did Southern plantations rely on to run their businesses?

• Immigrant labor

• Child labor

• Slave labor

• Indentured labor

What did slave owners want new states to allow?

• Equal rights for slaves

• Abolition of slavery

• Regulation of slavery

• Continuation of slavery

What was the critical issue in government related to slavery?

• Balance of power between the President and Congress

• Balance of trade between the North and South

• Balance of free and slave states

• Balance of wealth between the rich and the poor

What triggered an uproar in the slavery debate in 1819?

• Missouri's application for statehood

• California's application for statehood

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Fugitive Slave Act

What was the outcome of the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri became a free state

• Maine became a slave state

• Missouri and Maine became free states

• Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state

What threatened to tear the nation apart in the 1850s?

• The expansion of slavery into new territories

• The abolitionist movement

• The economic recession

• The Native American conflicts

What did the Compromise of 1850 allow for?

• Expansion of slavery into all new territories

• Expansion of slavery into Utah and New Mexico

• Expansion of slavery into California

• Expansion of slavery into Washington, D.C.

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require of citizens?

• To help runaway slaves

• To cooperate with the process of returning slaves

• To provide sanctuary for runaway slaves

• To advocate for the abolition of slavery