Missouri EOC

The Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to

• end fighting between mid-western farmers and Native Americans

• encourage manufacturing in the West

• increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

• settle disputes over the spread of slavery to western territories

What was the Southern point of view about the expansion of slavery?

• They feared the expansion of slavery.

• They feared that if slavery could not expand then eventually slaves would leave plantations.

• They feared that if slavery expanded into the territories that the slave trade would increase.

• They feared that if slavery could not expand then eventually slavery would be outlawed.

An agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed one state to enter the Union as a slave state and another to enter as a free state and outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of 36°30´ latitude.

• Missouri Compromise

• Peace Agreement of 1820

• Clay Compromise Agreement

• Secession

Supreme Court case which ruled that slaves are not citizens but are property, slaves do not become free if they travel to free territories or states, which fueled the abolitionist movement and seemed like a victory for the south.

• Brown vs Board of Education

• Dred Scott Decision

• John Brown Court Case

• Confederate Convict Clause

Notion that the people of a territory should determine if they want to be a slave state or a free state by voting.

• Secession

• Popular Sovereignty

• Nullification

• Abolition

Which compromise outlawed slavery above the 36 30' line in the Louisiana Territory?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

• Louisiana Compromise

What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• To balance the power between free and slave states

• To abolish slavery in all states

• To promote industrialization in the South

• To establish a national bank

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• The attack on Fort Sumter

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

Who was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

What was the significance of the Dred Scott Decision?

• It declared that slaves were citizens

• It allowed states to secede from the Union

• It ruled that slaves were property and not citizens

• It ended the Civil War