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What did the Dred Scott decision decide?
African Americans cannot sue in federal court
slavery should be in every state
African Americans were protected by the constitution
slavery should be banned
The result of the Kansas - Nebraska Act was
all new territories would be slave states
slavery was no longer an issue in Nebraska
a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas
all new territories would be free
What was the goal of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry?
to bring a compromise on the slavery issue
to bring a war to the United States
to have slaves rebel to end slavery
to let the president know that slavery should be allowed
How did the country start to know Lincoln?
when he wrote a book
by the Lincoln-Douglas debates
when he ran for governor
What started the Civil War?
raid at Harpers Ferry
election of Lincoln
the Lincoln - Douglas debates
South Carolina shelling of Fort Sumter
After the election of Lincoln as president
Lincoln banned slavery
Lincoln was very popular
the nation was divided over slavery
Lincoln made all states free
Did the Fugitive Slave Law fail because many enslaved people moved to Canada, and the Northerners did obey the law?
False
True
Uncle Tom's Cabin
made all states free
turned people against slavery
made Lincoln famous
turned more people towards slavery
The Kansas -Nebraska Act made the Missouri Compromise no longer effective because
it made all states slave
it made Missouri free
it made all states free
it allowed slavery in Northern territories
In the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, slavery was banned
in Northern states
in Southern states
in land we got from Mexico
in middle states
Who worked together to balance the interests of the North and South?
Webster and Clay
Lincoln and Douglas
Polk and Adams
Dictionary and Mud
In the Compromise of 1850, there was a law that people who escaped slavery had to be returned.
False
True
When Missouri applied to be a slave state if challenged the law
because states north of the Ohio River should be slave
because states north of the Ohio River should be free
it was west of the Mississippi
it wasn't big enough to be a state
The Missouri Compromise temporarily ended the slavery debate.
False
True
The 36 30 parallel
showed where the US ended
was the border between US and Mexico
was the border between East and West
showed where slavery was allowed and not allowed
If there were more free states than slave states, the South
would not be part of the US
would lose voting power
would lose taxes
