1.What is a reason that the Missouri Compromise did not have lasting effects?
(1 point)
Responses
It only applied to the lands of the Louisiana Purchase.
It only applied to the lands of the Louisiana Purchase.
It only applied to the lands of the Mexican Cession.
It only applied to the lands of the Mexican Cession.
It relied on popular sovereignty.
It relied on popular sovereignty.
It limited the number of states that could be admitted per year.
2 Which of the following laws would the Free-Soil Party have supported?
(1 point)
Responses
cottonocracy
cottonocracy
slave codes
slave codes
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso
Fugitive Slave Act
3 In what way did Uncle Tom’s Cabin change the attitude of Northerners about slavery?
(1 point)
Responses
They began to view it as a political problem.
They began to view it as a political problem.
They began to view it as an economic problem.
They began to view it as an economic problem.
They began to view it as a moral problem.
They began to view it as a moral problem.
They began to feel it was none of their concern.
4 "The legislative package known as the Compromise of 1850 postponed the Civil War by a decade. However, like the 1820 Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 failed to resolve the question of slavery in a meaningful way. Over the course of the 1850s, the inadequacies of both measures were made painfully clear. 'Popular sovereignty' undermined the Missouri compromise by suggesting the earlier division of the country along the thirty-sixth parallel into free states and slave states no longer applied. Indeed, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 permitted slavery. The resulting bloodshed in Kansas, like later incidents at Harper's Ferry, presaged the violent conflict of the Civil War."
—Library of Congress
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
What does the author mean in saying that popular sovereignty "undermined the Missouri compromise”?
(1 point)
Responses
It maintained the division of free and slave states.
It maintained the division of free and slave states.
It expanded slavery to the Northern free states.
It expanded slavery to the Northern free states.
It forced slaves who had escaped to be returned to a slave state.
It forced slaves who had escaped to be returned to a slave state.
It reopened debate over the border between free and slave states.
5 Question
As leader of the Republican Party, Lincoln was outspoken in his views on slavery and expressed them during the debates of 1858. Which of the following would best fit with his position?
(1 point)
Responses
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Wilmot Proviso
6 Which of the following were strategies used by the Union during the Civil War? Select all that apply.
(1 point)
Responses
naval blockade
naval blockade
defensive war
defensive war
seizing control of the Mississippi River
seizing control of the Mississippi River
relying on European countries for supplies
Which of the following were strategies used by the Union during the Civil War? Select all that apply.
(1 point)
Responses
naval blockade
naval blockade
defensive war
defensive war
seizing control of the Mississippi River
seizing control of the Mississippi River
relying on European countries for supplies
8 Which characteristic ultimately led to General McClellan’s replacement as Commander of the Union army?
(1 point)
Responses
his organizational ability
his organizational ability
his cautious nature on the battlefield
his cautious nature on the battlefield
his reckless nature on the battlefield
his reckless nature on the battlefield
his failure at the first Battle of Bull Run
9 Why did the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision anger Northerners?
(1 point)
Responses
It made slavery legal in the territories.
It made slavery legal in the territories.
It sought to continue the series of compromises on slavery.
It sought to continue the series of compromises on slavery.
It allowed for expansion of slavery into the North.
It allowed for expansion of slavery into the North.
It created popular sovereignty as the rule for all territories.
It created popular sovereignty as the rule for all territories.
1. The reason that the Missouri Compromise did not have lasting effects is that it only applied to the lands of the Louisiana Purchase and the lands of the Mexican Cession.
2. The Free-Soil Party would have supported the Wilmot Proviso, as it was a law that sought to prohibit slavery in any new territories acquired from Mexico.
3. Uncle Tom's Cabin changed the attitude of Northerners about slavery by making them view it as a moral problem.
4. In saying that popular sovereignty "undermined the Missouri compromise", the author means that it suggested that the earlier division of the country along the thirty-sixth parallel into free states and slave states no longer applied. This opened up the possibility of slavery expanding to the Northern free states.
5. Lincoln's position on slavery would best fit with his opposition to the Dred Scott decision, which upheld the rights of slave owners and denied the rights of enslaved people.
6. The Union used the strategies of naval blockade, defensive war, and seizing control of the Mississippi River during the Civil War.
8. General McClellan was ultimately replaced as Commander of the Union army because of his cautious nature on the battlefield.
9. The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision angered Northerners because it made slavery legal in the territories and allowed for the expansion of slavery into the North.