Pre-Civil War

Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• Michigan
• California
• Utah
• New Mexico

What is popular sovereignty?

• Where sovereignty is left to the people to decide
• Where sovereignty is left to the government to decide

How many free states were there after the Compromise of 1850?

• 14
• 15
• 16
• 17

Where was the safest place for a runaway slaves to go after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850?

• New York
• Canada
• Virginia
• Georgia

What book helped spread awareness about the treatment of slaves?

• The Emancipation of Slaves
• The Fight For Freedom
• Join, or Die
• Uncle Tom's Cabin

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Susan B. Anthony
• Francis Scott Key
• Rosa Parks

This law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave states

• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Act

This was a mini-Civil War fought in the Kansas territory between pro-slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers.

• Battle of Kansas
• Bleeding Kansas
• Battle of Missouri
• Kansas Massacre

What did Dred Scott argue in the Scott v. Sandford case?

• He was free because he was now a slaveholder
• He was free because he had lived in free states
• He should not have been captured because he was a fugitive
• He should get his property back through due process

(Please select three correct answers) In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves...

• were NOT citizens of the U.S.
• had NO right to sue in court.
• were considered to be the property of their owner.
• should all be freed immediately.