Gallopade Checkpoint 17

In which area was the institution of slavery prohibited by the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• Area A

• Area B

• Area C

• Area D

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

• the use of popular sovereignty to determine the issue of slavery in new territories

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

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

• the passage of a strict fugitive slave act

Which statement best summarizes the influence of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Northerners against slavery.

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners agains slavery.

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners against slaves.

• The book's shocking details turned many Northerners against enslaved people.

Why was the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 significant in the road to the Civil War? (Choose 2 answers)

• Abolitionists showed their willingness to use force to end slavery.

• Enslaved African Americans now had weapons to help them fight for their freedom.

• The raid further divided the North and South.

• The South showed their willingness to go to war to protect slavery.

Match the following

Groups:

(a) North

,

(b) South

• believed the federal government has right to decide about slavery

• believed the states have the power to nullify federal laws

• believed the federal government's power is supreme over the states

• believed each individual state has a right to decide about slavery

Who led a raid on a government weapons storehouse in Harpers Ferry in 1859?

• John Brown

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

How did the Red Scott v. Sanford decision increase tensions between the North and South?

• The Supreme Court ruled that the Fugitive Slave Act was unconstitutional.

• The Supreme Court ruled that popular sovereignty was unconstitutional.

• The Supreme Court ruled that nullification was unconstitutional.

• The Supreme Court ruled that the national government banning slavery in U.S. territories was unconstitutional.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was based on the idea of ______.

• states' rights

• popular sovereignty

• nullification

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to _____ between people who wanted slavery and people who did not.

• fighting

• agreement