Failure of Political Compromise

Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act
All of these events . . .

• increased tensions over tariffs prior to the Civil War

• were the implementation of Reconstruction in the South

• increased tensions over slavery prior to the Civil War

Match the correct description for each political compromise.

• Missouri Compromise

• Two territories decided on the issue of slavery, yet violence erupted in these areas

• Compromise of 1850

• One state entered the Union as a free state and allowed new territories to vote on allowing slavery in the area

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Kept balance between free and slave states by adding two new states into the Union

Select all the rulings from the Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Enslaved people were considered property and therefore not citizens

• The Missouri Compromise was ruled unconstitutional because it limited slavery

• Extending slavery into new territories was within the law

• A non-citizen cannot bring a suit in a federal court

Formed in 1854, this party's belief was to stop the SPREAD/EXPANSION of slavery.

• Libertarian Party
• Democratic Party
• Republican Party

John Brown conducted an armed raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

How did this raid "advance the cause of disunion" between Northern and Southern states?

• Some Northerners were willing to defend the South's right to continue slavery

• Some abolitionists thought violence was necessary to end slavery

• Some people in territories needed to defend their right to popular sovereignty

Which of the following were reasons why Southern legislators voted to secede from the Union in 1861?

• Select TWO correct answers.

• They feared Lincoln would legally abolish slavery in the U.S.

• They wanted to prevent the spread of slavery

• They believed the states had the right to nullify federal laws

• They needed protection of the United States army