2-1 The Sectional Crisis

What was the goal of the Compromise of 1850?

• To build railroads across the South

• To start the Civil War

• To ease tensions between free and slave states

• To make slavery legal in the North

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?

• Slaves had to stay in their homes after sunset

• Free states had to help return runaway slaves

• Slaveowners could only own one person

• Slaves had to carry ID cards

What was “popular sovereignty”?

• A) A vote by Congress on new states

• B) A rule that Congress would decide where slavery was legal

• C) The idea that the people in a territory could vote on slavery

• D) A law that banned slavery in all territories

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

• Ended the Civil War

• Repealed the Missouri Compromise

• Made slavery legal in the North

• Created the Fugitive Slave Act

5. “Bleeding Kansas” was important because:

• it showed how violent the conflict over slavery could be

• it ended the Civil War

• it resulted in the immediate abolition of slavery

• it was the first state to join the Union

What happened in the Dred Scott case?

• A slave sued for his freedom and won

• The court banned slavery in the South

• The Supreme Court said slaves were not citizens

• Congress ended the Fugitive Slave Act

Why were Northerners angry about the Fugitive Slave Act?

• It made slavery legal in the North

• It punished people who helped runaway slaves

• It gave slaves voting rights

• It took away taxes on slavery

What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on slavery tensions?

• It reduced them

• It ended slavery in both states

• It caused more conflict

• It started trade with Mexico

What did the Dred Scott decision mean for slavery?

• Congress could ban it anywhere

• It made slavery illegal

What major event did all of these issues lead to?

• The War of 1812

• The Civil War

• The American Revolution

• World War I