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The Dred Scott decision is referred to as "the Supreme Court case that...

• abolished slavery."

• declared the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional."

• caused the Civil War."

• resulted in the Compromise of 1850."

(Please select three correct answers) In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves...

• were NOT citizens of the U.S.

• had NO right to sue in court.

• were considered to be the property of their owner.

• should all be freed immediately.

The idea that political power belongs to the people and allows the people to make decisions about what laws will be established is called what?

• federalism

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers

• judicial review

Who was the "Great Compromiser" who developed both the Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850?

• Abraham Lincolon

• Henry Clay

• Thomas Paine

• George Danton

What part of the Compromise of 1850 caused the most conflict between the North and the South?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Balance of power in Congress

• That California was entered as a slave state

• That Oregon became a slave state.

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

• end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians

• encourage manufacturing in the west

• increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

• settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

The Missouri Compromise allowed what state to be a slave state and what state to be a free state?

• Missouri/ Maine
• Maine/Missouri
• Texas/California
• California/ D.C

Dred Scott was famous for ___________.

• being sued by someone else

• suing for his freedom

• being in the military

• being a famous doctor

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by:

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

Created the Kansas-Nebraska Act hoping to form a Transcontinental Railroad?

• Henry Clay

• Franklin Pierce

• Stephen Douglas

• John Brown