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What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise in 1820?

• To declare Missouri as the capital

• To maintain a balance between free and slave states

• To abolish slavery in all states

• To expand slavery to new territories

Which state was allowed to become a slave state under the Missouri Compromise?

• Maine

• Michigan

• Missouri

• Florida

What was the main source of wealth in the Southern United States in the mid-1800s?

• Cotton

• Factories

• Railroads

• Canals

Why did people in the North favor tariffs on imported goods?

• To promote slavery in the South

• To increase the cost of goods for Southerners

• To protect Northern manufacturers from European competitors

• To reduce the number of factories in the North

Who published the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator?

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Sojourner Truth

• Frederick Douglass

What was the Underground Railroad?

• An actual underground train system

• A network of routes to help enslaved people escape to freedom

• A secret society supporting slavery

• A political movement to legalize slavery

Which state wanted to enter as a free state, causing concern for the South?

• California

• Florida

• Arkansas

• Texas

What did the Compromise of 1850 allow the people of Utah and New Mexico territories to decide?

• Whether to allow slavery in Washington, D.C.

• Whether to allow slavery in their state

• Whether to abolish tariffs

• Whether to admit California as a free state

What did the Fugitive Slave Act make illegal?

• Helping runaway enslaved people in the North or South

• Trading goods with the South

• Owning slaves in the Northern states

• Building railroads in the South

Who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854?

• John C. Calhoun

• Henry Clay

• Frederick Douglass

• Stephen Douglas