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WorksheetsCh. 10 Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which describes the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Overturned a clause in the Constitution.
Provided procedures to enforce a clause in the Constitution
Made it easier for slaveholders to capture people who escaped from slavery
Territorial Acquisition
The Missouri Compromise allowed what state to enter the Union?
Alabama
Missouri
Ohio
California
What state entered as a free state in the Missouri Compromise?
Maine
California
Michigan
The South __________ with the decisions in Dred Scott v. Sandford and North Carolina v. Mann.
Disagreed
Agreed
Which describes the effect of the Nullification Crisis on the US?
Emphasized regional divisions and helped lead to the Civil War.
Emphasized shared interests and helped keep the country together.
Emphasized the power of the Supreme Court and let to more important decisions.
Which action of the Compromise of 1850 likely received the most support from Southern plantation owners?
The passage of a strict fugitive slave law
The end of slave trade in Washington, D.C.
The admission of California to the Union as a free state
Which explains the cause for the Compromise of 1850?
The Missouri Compromise broke down, and a new plan was needed for Kansas and Nebraska
California wanted to enter the Union as a free state, and this would upset the balance of power in the Senate.
The Supreme Court said the national government could not prohibit slavery in Western territories.
During Bleeding Kansas, citizens from which state came over the territory line?
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
In Bleeding Kansas, which candidates were they voting for?
Pro-slavery
Anti-slavery
Because of the Fugitive Slave Act, rights of black Americans
Increased
Decreased
Stayed the same
What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry?
To abolish the 3/5th Compromise
To create a rebellion against slavery and abolish it
Start a religious revival that taught about morality and slavery
