Compromises
What was popular sovereignty?
The right for citizens to determine issues for themselves, like slavery
Which two states joined the Union as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri and Maine
For what cause was the "Free-Soil" Party formed before the Compromise of 1850?
To prevent territory in the Mexican Cession from entering the union under popular sovreignty
Which crop was vital to the American economy in the early 19th century?
Cotton
Who was the author of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay
What kind of law did the Southern states want passed in exchange for approving the Compromise of 1850?
A strict fugitive slave law
Which state entered as a Free State after the Compromise of 1850?
California
What was the name of the book which popularized the evils of slavery in the north, but which was banned in the south?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What machine invented in the 1780s was used to automatically spin fiber into thread?
The Spinning Jenny
What was the name of the authoress of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What law proposed by Senator Stephen Douglas opened territory formerly closed to slavery up to popular sovereignty?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Which territory was split in two by the Kansas Nebraska Act?
The Nebraska territory
The passage of which law by the 1850 compromise caused riots in the northern states?
The fugitive slave laws
Were free southern blacks allowed to vote in southern elections?
No
Which Senator from Illinois proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act and debated Abraham Lincoln?
Stephen Douglas
Which Supreme Court Case basically undid the compromises of Missouri and 1850?
The Dredd Scott Case
Did living in a free state or territory make a slave free according to the Dred Scott decision?
No
What was the name of the conflict waged over elections in the Kansas territory?
"Bloody Kansas"
Abolitionists were activists working to end what social problem?
African American Slavery
What was the name of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the Dred Scott Decision?
Roger Taney