Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Frage 1
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How did Missouri's application as a slave state in 1819 challenge U.S. law?
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It did not have a state constitution.
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States west of the Mississippi River were to be slave states.
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It did not have the population required for statehood.
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States north of the Ohio River were to be free states.
Frage 2
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Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?
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losing respect
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losing tax revenue
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losing voting power
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losing future elections
Frage 3
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What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?
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It temporarily ended the slavery debate.
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It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.
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It led to the South seceding from the Union.
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It upset the balance of slave and free states in the Union.
Frage 4
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What was the significance of the 36*30' parallel?
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It separated the North from the South.
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It indicated the northern border of Missouri.
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It showed the borders of the United States.
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It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.
Frage 5
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According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery banned?
Frage 6
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In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?
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It created new taxes for railroad construction.
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It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
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It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves.
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It required the Underground Railway to be disbanded.
Frage 7
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Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery?
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Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
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James Polk and John Quincy Adams
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Nat Turner and John Brown
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Charles Sumner and Stephen A. Douglas
Frage 8
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All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except
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many slaves moved to Canada.
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Northerners refused to obey the law.
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hounded slave catchers returned to the South.
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plantation owners did not want returned slaves.
Frage 9
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What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
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It created a slave revolt in Kentucky.
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It turned many more people against slavery.
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Congress agreed that slavery should be abolished.
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The South became more resolved to secede from the Union.
Frage 10
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How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?
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It changed the borders of Missouri.
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It required that all of Missouri be free.
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It allowed slavery in new Northern territories.
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It established new interstate trade rules.
Frage 11
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Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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It led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas.
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It settled the slavery issue in Nebraska.
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It calmed the country's dispute over slavery.
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It required that the new territories would be free states.