US History Standard 8

What did the election of James K. Polk as President in 1844 demonstrate?

• Many Americans were willing to end slavery.

• Many Americans believed that the United States was destined to expand its frontiers to the Pacific Ocean.

• Few Americans saw any advantages in expanding westward.

• Congress was less concerned with territorial expansion than the President

What conclusion can best be drawn from the map?

• There were equal numbers of slave states, free states, and territories.

• New Mexico and Utah Territories were not open to the expansion of slavery.

• Slavery continued to be a sectional issue as the U.S. expanded westward.

• All territories were free from slavery as a result of the Compromise of 1850.

The event referred to in the image above contributed to the need for what?

• Compromise of 1850

• Manifest Destiny

• Dred Scott decision

• Missouri Compromise

What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in the case of Scott v. Sandford?

• Slaves were citizens of the United States with equal rights.

• Slavery violated the U.S. Constitution because it deprived individuals of their liberty.

• Slaves were private property, the use of which could not be prohibited by Congress without due process.

• Congress had within its authority the power to confiscate a slaveholder’s property.

What event lead to the Civil War? (select all that apply)

(3 total)

• Abraham Lincoln’s re-election in 1864

• Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson

• Supreme Court ruling in Scott v. Sanford

• John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry

• expansion of slavery into the territories