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What was the result of the Missouri Compromise in 1820?

• Missouri joined as a free state, and Maine joined as a slave state.

• Missouri joined as a slave state, and Maine joined as a free state.

• Both Missouri and Maine joined as slave states.

• Both Missouri and Maine joined as free states.

Who led a rebellion in 1831 that spread through several Virginia plantations?

• John Brown

• David Wilmot

• Nat Turner

• Dred Scott

What was the main purpose of the Wilmot Proviso?

• To allow slavery in new territories

• To outlaw slavery in any new land acquired by the U.S.

• To divide new territories into free and slave states

• To support the Fugitive Slave Law

Which book by Harriet Beecher Stowe highlighted the horrors of slavery?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Fugitive Slave Law

• Bleeding Kansas

• The Missouri Compromise

What was the significance of the Dred Scott Decision?

• It allowed enslaved people to sue for freedom.

• It declared that enslaved people had legal rights.

• It strengthened the hold of Southerners on enslaved people.

• It abolished slavery in the southern states.

What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The Battle of Fort Sumter

• John Brown's Raid

• The Dred Scott Decision

Which component of the Compromise of 1850 was most controversial?

• The admission of California as a free state

• The abolition of the slave trade in Washington D.C.

• The establishment of territorial governments in Utah and New Mexico

• The enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act

What was the significance of 'Bleeding Kansas' in the context of pre-Civil War America?

• It demonstrated the failure of popular sovereignty

• It was a peaceful resolution to the slavery issue

• It led to the immediate abolition of slavery

• It resulted in the secession of Southern states

What was the primary aim of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• To create a new political party

• To abolish slavery in all U.S. territories

• To allow popular sovereignty to decide on slavery in the territories

• To establish a transcontinental railroad

What was a major consequence of the election of 1860?

• The formation of a new political party

• The end of the Civil War

• The secession of Southern states

• The immediate abolition of slavery