Toward the Civil War

The Admission of Missouri as a slave state was controversial because

• It would slow sectionalism

• It would upset the balance of power in the Senate

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 establish?

• Slavery was banned in all U.S. territories

• Slavery was allowed in all new states

• Missouri entered as a slave state; Maine as a free state

Which parallel of latitude served as the dividing line for free and slave states

• 36°30' north

• 40°30' north

• 49 North

The Wilmot Proviso proposed to:

• Allow slavery in the new western territories

• Ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico

What was the slogan of the Free Soil Party that reflected its main political goal?

• "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever"

• "Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men"

• Manifest Destiny for All Americans"

What was the main goal of the Compromise of 1850?

• To establish a new political party

• To ease tensions between North and South over slavery

• To abolish slavery in the United States

Popular sovereignty allowed people in a territory to:

• Vote for a president directly

• Decide whether to allow slavery

What law stated a person could be fined or imprisoned for helping runaway slaves?

• Southern Slave Act

• Slave Owners Rights Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

What was a consequence of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Slave trade expanded in the South

• More Northerners supported abolition

• Free African Americans were left alone

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 do?

• Banned slavery in Kansas and Nebraska

• Allowed popular sovereignty in those territories