westward expansion/Compromises

The idea that political power belongs to the people is called_____________________, and allows the people to make decisions about who will represent them in government and what laws will be established.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

According to the Compromise of 1850, which two territories were allowed to decide for themselves on the issue of allowing or banning slavery by popular sovereignty?

• Utah and New Mexico

• California and Oregon

• Oklahoma and Texas

• Michigan and Ohio

30 years after the Missouri Compromise, the question about the growth of slavery into new territories re-emerged after the...

• Revolutionary War.

• War of 1812.

• Mexican-American War.

• Civil War.

Which part of the nation would be most in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• The Northern free states

• The Southern slave states

• California

• The states in New England

The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.

• Arizona

• California

• New Mexico

• Utah

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

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

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

Which of the following describes "Bleeding Kansas"?

• A violent slave uprising led by Joseph Cinque

• Violence in Kansas between proslavery and antislavery settlers prior to the Civil War

• The turning point of the Civil War, in which Robert E. Lee's army was routed from Kansas

• The devastation caused by a tornado in Kansas in 1854, which killed 55 people

Who led the anti-slavery fighters?

• Jim Brown
• John Brown
• Joe Brown
• Phil Brown

Which act of Congress added a slave and free state and outlawed slavery in new states North of Missouri and the 36"30' line?

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act