Missouri Compromise
This state entered the Union to balance Missouri?
Maine
This state entered as free under the compromise.
D. California
This idea let settlers vote on slavery.
C. Popular sovereignty
The law required this group to help capture enslaved people.
D. All citizens
This author wrote the novel.
B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
The compromise tried to maintain this between states.
C. Slave balance
Slavery was ended here, but not the nation.
B. Washington, D.C.
This earlier compromise was overturned.
C. Missouri Compromise
Judges were paid more for doing this.
C. Returning enslaved
The book showed the cruelty of this system.
C. Slavery
This line divided free and enslaved states.
D. 36°30′ line
This law was strengthened to capture freedom seekers.
D. Fugitive Slave Law
Armed groups crossed from Missouri to vote illegally were called what?
C. Border ruffians
Many Northerners reacted with this.
D. Anger
This character owned Uncle Tom.
B. Simon Legree
Missouri wanted to enter as this type of state.
C. Slave state
Southern states threatened this if slavery ended.
B. Secession
This senator pushed the act through Congress.
A. Stephen Douglas
Some juries refused to do this.
A. Convict helpers
People in this region thought the book was a lie and slander.
B. South
This senator proposed the Missouri Compromise.
A. Henry Clay
This senator helped Clay pass the compromise.
B. Stephen Douglas
Violence in Kansas earned this nickname.
D. Bleeding Kansas
People who helped freedom seekers faced this punishment.
C. Jail time
President Lincoln said the book helped start this.
D. Civil War