Debate over Slavery

Allowing voters in a territory to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery is known as:

• Federalism

• Republicanism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

Support of a particular section or region of the United States instead of the country as a whole is known as:

• Expansion

• Sectionalism

• Annexation

Which Compromise used the 36'30" line as the deciding factor on whether states would enter the US as free or slave?

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• Commerce Compromise

Who became President in 1848?

• James K Polk

• Abraham Lincoln

• Martin Van Buren

• Zachary Taylor

Which Compromise allowed California to enter as a free state and gave directions to use popular sovereignty to solve issue of slavery in the territories going forward?

• 3/5 Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Great Compromise

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

Who organized (came up with) the Compromise of 1850?

• Henry Clay

• Abraham Lincoln

• Governor Greg Abbott

• James K Polk

Which territory (pictured above) that was added to the US after the Mexican War?

• Gadsden Purchase

• Northwest Ordinance

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

Aiding a slave was illegal and resulted in jail time and fines. Slaves could be arrested even in free territory. These two items were apart of which Act?

• Quartering Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Harboring Act

• Alien and Sedition Acts

Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin? (a book that told the story of the evils of slavery)

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B Anthony

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harper Lee

What were the people called who wanted to end slavery?

• Prohibitionists

• Suffragists

• Transcendentalists

• Abolitionists