Compromise of 1850, Dred Scott, Missouri Compromise

Which Supreme Court case declared that African Americans were not citizens of the United States and could not sue in federal court?

• Plessy v. Ferguson
  

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• To abolish slavery in all states

• To maintain the balance of power between free and slave states
  

• To declare Missouri as a free state

• To expand slavery into new territories

Which novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe helped to increase opposition to slavery?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• The Scarlet Letter

• Declaration of Independence

What were the main goals of the abolitionist movement?

• To expand westward expansion

• To end the institution of slavery

• To achieve equal rights for all Southern farmers

• To promote women's suffrage

What was "Bleeding Kansas"?

•  A violent conflict over the legality of slavery in Kansas

• A series of protests against the Mexican-American War

• The nickname for the Compromise of 1850

• The nickname for the Fugitive Slave Act

Which law required the return of escaped slaves to their owners?

• Homestead Act

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Indian Removal Act

What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850?

• To resolve disputes between free and slave states

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  To extend the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific Ocean

• To ban slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico

• To abolish slavery in all states

Which event led to tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• The Missouri Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Act

What was the impact of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?

• It declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

• It upheld the Fugitive Slave Act

• It banned slavery in all territories

• It granted equal citizenship rights to African Americans

Which legislation allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and enacted stricter fugitive slave laws?

• Reconstruction Act

• Homestead Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act