USH Module 2 Section #7 Bellwork

What is the concept of states’ rights?

• The belief that the federal government should control all laws

• The idea that individual states have the power to make decisions without federal interference

• A system where only Congress determines state laws

• The idea that the president can override state decisions

Match the perspective with its stance on states' rights:

Groups:

(a) Southern perspective

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(b) Northern perspective

• Believed the federal government should have the final say on national issues

• Believed states should control issues like slavery and taxes

Place the following events in chronological order:

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Secession of South Carolina

• Lincoln’s Election

• Battle of Fort Sumter

Categorize the following as causes or consequences of the Kansas-Nebraska Act:

Groups:

(a) Causes

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(b) Consequences

• Popular sovereignty introduced in Kansas and Nebraska

• Created strong opposition in the North

• Anger due to overturned the Missouri Compromise

• Led to violent conflicts known as "Bleeding Kansas"

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• To ban slavery in all U.S. territories

• To allow popular sovereignty to determine slavery laws

• To force states to return escaped enslaved individuals

• To maintain the balance of power between free and slave states

The Missouri Compromise allowed ​ (a)   to enter as a slave state and ​ (b)   to enter as a free state, while banning slavery above the 36°30' latitude line.

• Missouri
• Maine
• Texas
• Kansas
• California
• Utah
• Nebraska
• New Mexico

Why was the Compromise of 1850 necessary?

• To ease tensions between free and slave states

• To stop all expansion of slavery in the U.S.

• To encourage the spread of slavery in the North

• To allow only Congress to determine state laws

Match the compromise to its key points:

• Compromise of 1850

• Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide slavery by popular sovereignty, overturning the Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

• Established 36°30' line for slavery and admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• Missouri Compromise (1820)

• Admitted California as a free state, strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act

Put the following legislative actions in order:

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?

• Only Southern states had to return escaped slaves

• It was optional for free states to return enslaved individuals

• It allowed enslaved people to petition for their freedom

• All citizens, even in free states, had to help capture and return escaped slaves