Compromises in American History

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 achieve?

• Preserved the balance of power between slave and free states

• Banned slavery in all new territories

• Allowed California to enter as a free state

• Introduced the Fugitive Slave Act

What did the Compromise of 1850 include?

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Wilmot Proviso

• The Missouri Compromise

What was the impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Changed many people’s attitudes toward slavery

• Introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Led to the Three-fifths Compromise

• Banned slavery in new territories

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow?

• New territories to decide on slavery by popular sovereignty

• The return of runaway slaves

• The admission of California as a free state

• The counting of enslaved persons as three-fifths of a person

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A series of secret paths and safe houses for escaping enslaved people

• A railroad system used for transporting goods

• A political movement to end slavery

• A law passed to protect enslaved people

What was the outcome of the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?

• Black people were not considered citizens of the United States

• Slavery was abolished in all states

• Dred Scott was granted freedom

• The Underground Railroad was legalized

Who was known for leading the Underground Railroad to help slaves escape to freedom?

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• John Brown

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

Which abolitionist is famous for their role in the raid on Harpers Ferry?

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

Who was an abolitionist and women's rights activist known for her speech "Ain't I a Woman?"?

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Dred Scott

• Frederick Douglass

Which political party was founded in 1854 and nominated Abraham Lincoln as its presidential candidate in the 1860 election?

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Constitutional Unionist Party

• Southern Democrats