The Road to the Civil War Quiz

What was the main goal of the Missouri Compromise?

• To abolish slavery in the United States

• To expand slavery into new territories

• To maintain the balance between slave and free states

• To declare all states as free states

Which law was strengthened by the Compromise of 1850?

• The Civil Rights Act

• The Fugitive Slave Law

• The Voting Rights Act

• The Emancipation Proclamation

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act decide?

• Slavery would be abolished in Kansas and Nebraska

• Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as slave states

• Slavery in Kansas and Nebraska would be decided by popular sovereignty

• Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as free states

What was the outcome of the Dred Scott Case?

• Slavery was abolished in all states

• African Americans were granted citizenship

• The Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional

• Slavery was allowed in the Northern states

What year was the Missouri Compromise enacted?

• 1850

• 1820

• 1857

• 1854

Which event led to 'Bleeding Kansas'?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Dred Scott Case

• The Fugitive Slave Law

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was a direct result of the Compromise of 1850?

• The Civil War began

• Slavery was abolished in the Louisiana Territory

• Missouri entered the Union as a slave state

• California entered the Union as a free state

This law required the return of runaway slaves even in free states and affected free African-Americans as well.

• Runaway and Return Act

• Underground Railroad Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Southern Slave Act

What proposal would allow congress to ban slavery in all territory that might become part of the United States as a result of the Mexican American War.

• Wilmot Proviso
• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise 1850
• Kansas & Nebraska Act

What did the wilmot proviso say

• Slavery in the new territory

• No slavery in the new territory

• No slavery above 36, 30 North parrel line

• Slavery in the north