McManus Pre Civil War Causes

The admission of Missouri as a slave state was controversial in the Senate because

• The senate was pro slavery

• The senate was anti slavery

• it would upset the balance of power in Congress

• it would create sectionalism

Enforcement of the Fugitive Act led to------

• compromise

• more anger in the North

• recognition of Southerners rights

• an end to the struggle

Stephen A. Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through

• free choice

• popular sovereignty

• congress will decide

• stste senate choice

In 1858 the Senate race in what state was the center of national attention?

• indiana

• ohio

• Texas

• Illinois

The main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was 

• slavery

• War with Mexico

• The southern state boundaries

• The Western territories

A person could be fined up to $1,000, or be imprisoned for breaking the law, stated in the

• owners rights act

• Fugitive Slave act

• The Boston tea party

• The Southern slave act

What Supreme Court decision divided the nation even more?

• Fugitive slave case

• John Brown case

• Dred Scott case

• The Oklahoma person act

The 1860 presidential candidate whose name did not appear on the ballot in the South was

• Ronald Regan

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Breckinbridge

• Stephen Douglas

What did the differences and feelings of loyalty throughout the country become known as?

• nationalism

• patriotism

• sectionalism

• realism

What verdict did Northern Juries usually reach in Fugitive Slave Act cases? 

• guilty

• pay a fine

• not guilty

• death