US History Unit 4

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• a ban on slavery in part of the Louisiana Territory

• the admission of Maine to the Union as a state without slavery

• an agreement to allow slavery in the Oregon Territory

• the admission of Missouri to the Union as a state with slavery

The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the people of those territories the right to decide the slavery question by voting. This is known as:

• abolition

• emancipation

• popular sovereignty

• universal suffrage

What was one ruling in the Dred Scott case?

• the Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional

• African Americans are US citizens

• African Americans should return to Africa

• the Fugitive Slave Act is unconstitutional

a strong attachment to regional interests

• secession

• sectionalism

• abolition

• popular sovereignty

Which event marked the beginning of the American Civil War?

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The attack on Fort Sumter

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

What was the main purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• To allow slaves to vote

• To return escaped slaves to their owners

• To abolish slavery in the southern states

• To provide education for freed slaves

Which compromise included the admission of California as a free state?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

What was the main source of income in the North?

• plantation agriculture

• small family farms

• industry

• shipping

Why did Henry Clay propose the Fugitive Slave Act?

• to win reelection

• to keep the South happy

• to preserve the balance of power in the Senate

• to discourage more slaves from running away

What book caused controversy between the North and South?

• Gone With the Wind

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Ain't I a Woman

• Wuthering Heights