Missouri Compromise to Bleeding Kansas (DE 9.3 p4-5)

What was the main issue when Maine asked to be admitted to the United States?

• It would tip the balance in the Senate.

• It would increase taxes.

• It would cause economic instability.

• It would lead to war.

Who proposed the Missouri Compromise?

• John Brown

• Stephen Douglas

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Henry Clay

According to the Missouri Compromise, which state was admitted as a slave state?

• Missouri

• Kansas

• California

• Maine

What was the purpose of the line drawn across the Louisiana Purchase at 36°30'N?

• To indicate the start of the Gold Rush

• To divide free and slave states

• To mark the boundary of the United States

• To separate Native American territories

What event caused a huge increase in population in California?

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Gold Rush of 1849

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was the reaction of abolitionists to the Fugitive Slave Act?

• They moved to the South.

• They were outraged and protested.

• They ignored it.

• They supported it.

What did William Lloyd Garrison do at the New England Anti Slavery Society picnic?

• He led a proslavery posse.

• He proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• He burned copies of the Fugitive Slave Law and the Constitution.

• He supported the Fugitive Slave Act.

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act's impact on the Missouri Compromise?

• It had no impact.

• It expanded the Missouri Compromise.

• It voided the Missouri Compromise.

• It reinforced the Missouri Compromise.

What was the main cause of violence in Kansas after the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Native American uprisings

• Proslavery and antislavery activists clashing

• Railroad development

• Economic instability

Who led an attack on proslavery men in Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas?

• John Brown

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

• William Lloyd Garrison