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What are key facts about the Missouri Compromise? Select three responses.

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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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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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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What did the South gain from the Compromise of 1850?

A
Slavery would be legal in Washington, DC.
B
Congress would pass the Fugitive Slave Act.
C
California would enter the union as a slave state.
D
Popular sovereignty would decide the slavery issue in Missouri.
5

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
6

What was one economic difference that caused sectionalism?

A
The South’s economy was based on foreign trade.
B
The South’s economy relied heavily on slave labor.
C
The North’s economy struggled because of a lack of roads.
D
The North’s economy was primarily agricultural.
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What is an example of how states’ rights were a cause of sectionalism?

A
States wanted to pass laws without federal interference.
B
States wanted to print their own money.
C
The federal government wanted to nullify all state laws.
D
The federal government wanted to control the economy in Southern states.
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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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What was the outcome of John Brown’s raid?

A
Slaves gained all weapons from a Virginia arsenal.
B
John Brown was elected as a state representative.
C
Slaves in Virginia were granted more rights.
D
John Brown was sentenced to hang.
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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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