Congressional Compromises and Dred Scott Case - Causes of CW

The President during the Civil War was ______________________.

• Thomas Jefferson 
• Abraham Lincoln
• Henry Clay 
• Robert E. Lee

Congress added California as a free state and passed the Fugitive Slave Laws?

• Bleeding Kansas
• Fugitive Slave Law
• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850

Which side was pro-slavery?

• North
• South

California entered the Union as a free state while southwest territories would decide the slavery issue themselves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Compromise of 1850

According to the Missouri Compromise, Missouri should have entered the U.S. as a--

• free state
• slave state

According to the Missouri Compromise, Maine entered the United States as a--

• free state
• slave state

The two sides agreed to a _____ even though it meant they didn't get all that they wanted. 

• abolitionist 
• appease
• states' rights
• compromise

This law left it to the white citizens of the territory to decide whether that territory would be a free or slave territory.

• Missouri Compromise
• Wilmot Proviso
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Emancipation Proclomation

Which compromise is described by the following provisions?
1. California enters as a free state.
2. Utah and New Mexico's status determined by the people.
3. The Fugitive Slave Act becomes harsher.

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Great Compromise 
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

According to the Missouri Compromise, Maine entered the United States as a--

• free state
• slave state