A Dividing Nation

Which events of the mid-1800s kept the nation together?

• The Missouri Compromise and the Dred Scott decision

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision

• The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Compromise of 1850

Which events of the mid-1800s pulled the nation apart?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision

• Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850

• he Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise and the Dred Scott decision

Label the map to show how the Northwest Ordinance regulated slavery.

• States Without Slavery: Both Northern and Southern states

• States With Slavery: Northern states, States Without Slavery: Southern states

• States With Slavery: Both Northern and Southern states

• States Without Slavery: Northern states, States With Slavery: Southern states

What did Lincoln mean by his statement 'A house divided against itself cannot stand'?

• He was referring to the architectural stability of buildings.

• He believed that a nation could not endure permanently half slave and half free.

• He was talking about the importance of family unity.

• He meant that political parties should not be divided.

Northerners in Congress accepted California’s application for statehood while Southerners rejected it because:

• California was a free state, which upset the balance between free and slave states.

• California was a slave state, which upset the balance between free and slave states.

• California had a large population that supported the Southern economy.

• California's admission was part of a compromise that favored the South.

The event 'Fugitive Slave Act passed' can be described by which key details?

• It was a treaty between the United States and Canada regarding the extradition of criminals.

• It was passed in 1865 and abolished slavery in the United States.

• It was a law that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States.

• It was part of the Compromise of 1850 and required that escaped slaves be returned to their masters.

Who wrote 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin'?.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Mark Twain

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriett Tubman

Explain how the publishing of 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin' pulled the nation apart.

• It highlighted the harsh realities of slavery, increasing tensions between the North and South.

• It was a peaceful event that united the nation.

• It had no significant impact on the nation.

• It was a scientific discovery that changed the world.

List two key details to describe the passing of the 'Kansas-Nebraska Act.'

• It resulted in the immediate abolition of slavery.

• It led to the formation of the Republican Party.

• It allowed territories to decide on slavery by popular sovereignty.

• It was supported by the Southern states only.

Dred Scott argued that he should be freed from slavery because:

• he had lived in a free state and territory where slavery was illegal

• his master had promised him freedom

• he had purchased his own freedom

• he was born free