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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat state was added as part of the Compromise of 1850?CaliforniaTexasMissouriKansas
- 2. Multiple Choice
This political party was formed after candidates for President ignored the issue of slavery.
Free Soil
Democrat
Whig
Republican
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe first state to secede wasSouth CarolinaVirginiaAlabamaMississippi
- 4. Multiple Choice
This bill would amend the constitution to not allow slavery in territories gotten from the Mexican-American War.
Crittenden Plan
Lincoln Compromise
Wilmot Proviso
resupply of Ft. Sumter
- 5. Multiple ChoiceCitizens could be jailed or fined for helping runaway slaves because of theFugitive Slave ActKansas-Nebraska ActDemocrat PartyElection of 1852
- 6. Multiple Choice
This law repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and allowed popular sovereignty in new states west of Missouri.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
"The Caning"
Uncle Tom's Cabin
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe result of the Dred Scott decision was thatslaves are property, not citizensslaves are free if living in a free stateslavery can be outlawed in the territoriesLincoln became more famous
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho raided Harper's Ferry?John BrownRobert E. LeeFrederick DouglassDaniel Webster
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the immediate cause of the Civil War?attack of Ft. SumterLincoln's electionBleeding Kansasthe raid at Harper's Ferry
- 10. Multiple Choicepopular sovereignty meanslet the people decidepro slaveryeveryone should voteto die for a cause
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat event led to secession?Lincoln's election as presidentThe Dred Scott Decisionthe attack of Ft. Sumterthe raid at Harper's Ferry
- 12. Multiple Choice
The __________________ allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state if Maine entered as a free state in 1820.
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Maine Compromise
Henry Clay's Compromise
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which was the main political divide among Americans during the early to mid-1800's
Changes to the U.S. Constitution
The idea of whether new states should be allowed
Giving women the right to vote
How slavery should expand with the addition of new states
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