A Dividing Nation

Why was it important for Southerners that the number of free states and slave states were at least equal?

• Southern states would have no power

• Southern senators could defeat any attempts to interfere with slavery

• There would be equal representation amongst the states

• To maintain the Union

Who crafted the Missouri Compromise?

• Henry Clay

• James Tallmadge

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Quincy Adams

What did the Missouri Compromise outline?

• Agreement that Missouri was admitted as a free state and Maine as a slave state

• Agreement that Missouri and Maine were as free states

• Agreement that Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• Agreement that Missouri and Main were added as free states

What did Congress do in 1836 that became known as the "gag rule"?

• Voted to set aside all antislavery petitions

• Voted in favor of antislavery bills

• Proposed amendments for the abolition of slavery

• Proposed amendments for the constitutional establishment of slavery

How did abolitionists respond to being "silenced" by Congress?

• Started working more in private

• Stopped advocating for the abolition of slavery

• Continued to attack slavery in books, newspapers, and public meetings

• Stormed Congress and demanded to be heard

The Compromise of 1850 led to the demise of which political party?

• Whig Party
• Federalist Party

• Republican Party
• Democratic Party

All of the following details and impacts were a part of the Fugitive Slave Act except:

• Person arrested as a runaway slave had almost zero legal rights

• Any person who helped a slave escape could be jailed

• Northerners followed the Act and returned runaway slaves

• Many runaway slaved fled to Canada

What novel was published in in the 1850s that showed the horrors of slavery?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 

• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

• Night by Elie Wiesel

Why did settlement in Kansas in the 1850s turn violent?

• Settlers were upset because they were promised land in these territories that were not given

• Fighting occurred over land claims amongst new settlers

• Proslavery and antislavery settlers were upset that Congress decided the fate of Kansas being a free or slave state

• Proslavery and antislavery settlers rushed to Kansas, where violence broke out amongst each other over the decision

What did Dred Scott bring forth to the Supreme Court?

• Sued against the Missouri Compromise

• Sued for his freedom

• Sued against the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Sued for the abolition of slavery