Events leading to the Civil War

During the debate over the spread of slavery into new territories, some of the leaders promoted the idea that political power belongs to the people. They called it

• the Dred Scott Decision
• the Missouri Compromise
• Popular Sovereignty
• the Compromise of 1850

The admission of what state as a free state led to the Compromise of 1850?

• Missouri
• Oregon
• Texas
• California

This part of the Compromise of 1850 caused the most outrage in the North.

• Fugitive Slave Law(Act)
• California's admission as a free state.
• Outlawing slave trade in D.C.
• Popular sovereignty in lands gained from Mexico.

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...

• Washington, DC

• Richmond

• New Orleans

• Charleston

Some slaves were able to escape to freedom in the North thanks to the ______________________________.

• Dred Scott Decision
• The Compromise of 1850
• Bleeding Kansas
• Underground Railroad

California entered the Union as a free state while southwest territories would decide the slavery issue themselves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Compromise of 1850

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

Which of the following events was when pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers fought violently?

• Compromise of 1850
• War of 1812
• Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding  Kansas 
• Underground Railroad 

What is popular sovereignty?

• Where sovereignty is left to the government to decide

• Where sovereignty is left to the people to decide

Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory

• Residents could vote on the issue of slavery

• Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

• Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska