Missouri Compromise
CHALLENGE
Which state entered the Union as a state with slavery under the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri
What was the Wilmot Proviso trying to ban and where?
Slavery in land gained from Mexico.
What does popular sovereignty mean?
The people vote to decide an issue.
CHALLENGE
Which event showed that the conflict over slavery had become violent even inside the United States Senate?
The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks.
DAILY DOUBLE
Who was Dred Scott?
An enslaved man who sued for his freedom.
DAILY DOUBLE
Who won the presidential election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
CHALLENGE
Which state entered the Union as a free state under the Missouri Compromise?
Maine
CHALLENGE
Which state entered the Union as a free state under the Compromise of 1850?
California
RISK IT OR PASS IT
Under popular sovereignty, who would decide whether slavery was allowed in a territory?
The settlers living in the territory.
What impact did the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on many Northerners?
It turned many more people against slavery.
What did the Supreme Court say about Dred Scott’s right to sue in federal court?
He could not sue because the Court said he was not a citizen.
What did the election of 1860 show about the nation?
The nation was deeply divided over slavery.
What was the purpose of the 36°30′ line in the Missouri Compromise?
It showed where slavery would mostly be allowed or banned in the Louisiana Territory.
What part of the Compromise of 1850 pleased many Southern enslavers?
A stronger Fugitive Slave Law.
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act undo the Missouri Compromise?
It allowed slavery to be considered in northern territories where it had been banned.
What did John Brown hope to do by raiding Harpers Ferry?
Start a rebellion led by enslaved people to end slavery.
What did the Dred Scott decision say about Congress banning slavery in the territories?
Congress could not legally ban slavery in the territories.
What does secession mean?
Leaving or breaking away from the Union.
Why did Southern senators care about keeping an equal number of free states and states with slavery?
They wanted to keep equal voting power in the Senate.
What did the Fugitive Slave Law require people to do?
Help return people who had escaped from slavery.
CHALLENGE
What violent conflict resulted from the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Bleeding Kansas
Which two senators worked together to support the Compromise of 1850 and try to keep the Union together?
Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
CHALLENGE
How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates affect Abraham Lincoln’s political future?
They made him known throughout the nation.
RISK IT OR PASS IT
Which state was the first to secede from the Union after Lincoln’s election?
South Carolina
DAILY DOUBLE
How did the Missouri Compromise try to keep the nation together, but also pull it further apart?
It kept the balance between free states and states with slavery, but it did not solve the larger conflict over slavery’s expansion.
RISK IT OR PASS IT
Why did the Compromise of 1850 fail to permanently settle the slavery issue?
It gave each side something, but it also created new anger, especially over the Fugitive Slave Law and slavery in the territories.
Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act anger many Northerners?
It reopened territory to slavery that had been closed under the Missouri Compromise.
RISK IT OR PASS IT
Why did John Brown’s raid increase tensions between North and South?
Many Southerners feared slave rebellion, while some Northerners saw Brown as a hero or martyr.
DAILY DOUBLE
What did Lincoln mean when he said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand”?
The United States could not remain permanently divided between slavery and freedom.
Which event turned the secession crisis into the Civil War?
South Carolina’s attack on the Union military base called "Fort Sumter".