Effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction Answers

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What did the Dred Scott decision help contribute to?

A
the Missouri Compromise
B
abolitionist activities
C
the Civil War
D
Bleeding Kansas
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What were some provisions of the Dred Scott case? Select three responses. No black person, free or enslaved, could be a US citizen. All black people were subject to becoming enslaved. There could be no legal ban on slavery in the territories. The territories could retain their popular sovereignty. The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

A
No black person, free or enslaved, could be a US citizen.
B
All black people were subject to becoming enslaved.
C
There could be no legal ban on slavery in the territories.
D
The territories could retain their popular sovereignty.
E
The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
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Which slavery-related event occurred first?

A
the Compromise of 1850
B
the Fugitive Slave Act
C
the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D
the Missouri Compromise
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Why was Frederick Douglass important?

A
He was the first governor of Kansas.
B
He made the first pro-slavery speech in Congress.
C
He was a leader of the abolitionist movement.
D
He led the movement for the Missouri Compromise.
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Who was included in the Republican Party of 1854? Select four responses.abolitionists Most Southern politicians people opposed to the spread of slaverypeople against the Kansas-Nebraska Act people worried about the Dred Scott decision slave owners

A
abolitionists
B
Most Southern politicians
C
people opposed to the spread of slavery
D
people against the Kansas-Nebraska Act
E
people worried about the Dred Scott decision
F
slave owners
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Which event occurred because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

A
Bleeding Kansas
B
the Compromise of 1850
C
the Missouri Compromise
D
California becoming a state
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Why were people angry about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

A
It only granted popular sovereignty to eastern states.
B
It reinforced the unpopular Missouri Compromise.
C
It forced people to relocate to the Great Plains region.
D
It stated slavery could be legal where it had been outlawed.
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How did slavery cause sectionalism in the antebellum era?

A
Southern politicians supported the expansion of slavery into new states.
B
Northern politicians backed the spreading of slavery only into far western territories.
C
The South wanted slavery to continue in existing states but not in new states.
D
The North wanted slavery to expand slavery into only a few Northern states.
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What are key facts about the Missouri Compromise? Select three responses. It was proposed in 1820. Missouri was granted statehood as a free state. Maine was granted statehood as a free state. Any state east of Missouri would be allowed to vote on slavery. The balance of power between free and slave states remained equal.

A
It was proposed in 1820.
B
Missouri was granted statehood as a free state.
C
Maine was granted statehood as a free state.
D
Any state east of Missouri would be allowed to vote on slavery.
E
The balance of power between free and slave states remained equal.
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This map shows slavery expansion agreed to in the Missouri Compromise.

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A
It would be closed to slavery.
B
It would be open to slavery.
C
It would be a free state.
D
It would be a slave state.

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