TCI Lesson 21: A Dividing Nation

An act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories

• Compromise of 1850

• Wilmot Proviso

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• that slavery diminished the national character

• that African-American rights were protected under the Constitution

• that African-Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court

• that slavery should be abolished by executive order

All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed EXCEPT

• many slaves moved to Canada

• Northerners refused to obey the laws

• hounded slave catchers returned to the South

• plantation owners did not want returned slaves

What was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?

• Losing respect

• Losing tax revenue

• losing voter power

• losing future elections

What was the significance of the 36"30' parallel?

• It separated the North from the South

• It indicated the northern border of Missouri

• It showed the borders of the United States

• It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned

A proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War

• Compromise of 1850

• Wilmot Proviso

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery?

• Daniel Webster and Henry Clay

• Nat Turner and John Brown

• James Polk and John Quincy Adams

• Charles Sumner and Stephen A Douglas

What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• It temporarily ended the slavery debate

• It required southern states to pay higher taxes

• It led to the South seceding from the union

• It upset the balance of slave and free states in the Union

What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harper's Ferry?

• to create a slave rebellion that would put an end to slavery

• to bring attention to the conflict between the North and the South

• to bring the two sides together to form a new compromise

• to create a revolution that would lead to war between the states

What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• It created a slave revolt in Kentucky

• It turned many people against slavery

• Congress agreed slavery should be abolished

• The South became more resolved to secede from the Union