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.
It reopened debate over the border between free and slave states.
It reopened debate over the border between free and slave states.
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
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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
naval blockade
defensive war
seizing control of the Mississippi River
Use the image to answer the question. Which statement best describes the scene shown here? (1 point) Responses An enslaved family is being sold at an auction. An enslaved family is being sold at an auction. Freed slaves are addressing a crowd of abolitionists. Freed slaves are addressing a crowd of abolitionists. Enslaved people are planning a violent revolt against slavery. Enslaved people are planning a violent revolt against slavery. Enslaved and free people are giving their opinions about slavery.
An enslaved family is being sold at an auction.
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
his cautious nature on the battlefield
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.