Ch. 10 Review

Which describes the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Overturned a clause in the Constitution.

• Provided procedures to enforce a clause in the Constitution

• Made it easier for slaveholders to capture people who escaped from slavery

• Territorial Acquisition

The Missouri Compromise allowed what state to enter the Union?

• Alabama

• Missouri

• Ohio

• California

What state entered as a free state in the Missouri Compromise?

• Maine

• California

• Michigan

The South __________ with the decisions in Dred Scott v. Sandford and North Carolina v. Mann.

• Disagreed

• Agreed

Which describes the effect of the Nullification Crisis on the US?

• Emphasized regional divisions and helped lead to the Civil War.

• Emphasized shared interests and helped keep the country together.

• Emphasized the power of the Supreme Court and let to more important decisions.

Which action of the Compromise of 1850 likely received the most support from Southern plantation owners?

• The passage of a strict fugitive slave law

• The end of slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• The admission of California to the Union as a free state

Which explains the cause for the Compromise of 1850?

• The Missouri Compromise broke down, and a new plan was needed for Kansas and Nebraska

• California wanted to enter the Union as a free state, and this would upset the balance of power in the Senate.

• The Supreme Court said the national government could not prohibit slavery in Western territories.

During Bleeding Kansas, citizens from which state came over the territory line?

• Missouri

• Kansas

• Iowa

• Nebraska

In Bleeding Kansas, which candidates were they voting for?

• Pro-slavery

• Anti-slavery

Because of the Fugitive Slave Act, rights of black Americans

• Increased

• Decreased

• Stayed the same