A Dividing Nation (Ch. 21)

What term refers to a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution?

• unwavering

• escaper

• fugitive

• nomad

Which term is used to describe the act of dealing with something or someone firmly to resolve an issue?

• compromise

• ensure

• confront

• acquiesce

Which term means to make certain that something shall occur or be the case?

• confront

• ensure

• fugitive

• restrict

What agreement made to admit California into the Union as a state without slavery called?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise

What was the proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War?

• The Dred Scott Decision

• The Wilmot Proviso

• The Ostend Manifesto

• The Gadsden Purchase

What was the agreement made by Congress in 1820 that admitted Missouri as a state with slavery and Maine as a state without slavery?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Wilmot Proviso

What legislative act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed the settlers there to decide whether to allow slavery or not?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Emancipation Proclamation

Which U.S. Supreme Court decision ruled that African Americans were not citizens and therefore could not petition the court?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Dred Scott decision

What term is used to describe a group within a larger group that has different ideas and opinions than the rest of the group?

• Majority

• Union

• Faction

• Coalition

What term is used to refer to the United States as a single entity, especially during the Civil War period?

• Confederacy

• Federation

• Union

• Republic