Steps to the Civil War

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 allow?

• Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter the Union as a free state

• Allowed California to enter the Union as a free state

• Strengthened the Fugitive Slave Law

• Missouri to enter the Union as a free state and Maine to enter the Union as a slave state

What did the Missouri Compromise prohibit?

• slavery in California

• slavery in the northern Unorganized Territory

• slavery in the Arkansas territory

• slavery in the South's unorganized territory

What part of the Compromise of 1850 upset abolitionists (people against slavery)?

• Missouri entered the Union as a slave state

• California entered the Union as a free state

• a stronger Fugitive Slave Law

• popular sovereignty (people/voters decide) in New Mexico and Utah

Why was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 upsetting to abolitionists?

• Alleged fugitive slaves were not allowed a trial by jury and anyone helping a fugitive could be fined $1,000 and imprisoned

• Alleged fugitive slaves were not allowed a trial with witnesses and anyone helping a fugitive escape earned a reward

• Alleged fugitive slaves were not allowed a trial by jury and anyone helping a fugitive received a life sentence in jail.

• Alleged fugitive slaves were provided with an attorney

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow?

• Allowed Nebraska to enter the Union as a slave state

• Allowed both Kentucky and Nebraska to enter the Union as free states

• popular sovereignty

• for people there to vote on whether or not to have slavery when they become a state

Dred Scott, an enslaved person, sued for his freedom, but the Supreme Court ruled in March 1857 that:

• slaves were not citizens and therefore had no right to sue in court

• slaves were not free just by living in free territories or states

• because he lived in Kansas, he got to vote on whether or not to be enslaved

• slavery was illegal

What was the main purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• To allow California to enter the Union as a free state

• To establish popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories

• To strengthen the Fugitive Slave Law

• To prohibit slavery in the northern Unorganized Territory

Which event is considered a direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• The Dred Scott decision

• The Missouri Compromise

• Bleeding Kansas

• The Compromise of 1850

What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?

• It declared that enslaved people were not citizens

• It allowed California to enter the Union as a free stateIt

• It strengthened the Fugitive Slave Law

• It prohibited slavery in the northern Unorganized Territory

What was the main goal of the abolitionist movement in the 19th century?

• To promote the expansion of slavery into new territories

• To end the practice of slavery in the United States

• To support the Fugitive Slave Act

• To establish new colonies for freed slaves