1) Why did the admission of California alarm Southerners? a) it upset the balance between free and slave states in the Senate b) southerners feared the slave trade in California would end 2) Which is true concerning the Fugitive Slave Act? a) runaway slaves were safe once they got North of the Ohio River b) if accused of being a runaway slave you could be arrested c) if arrested for being a runaway slave you had the right to a fair jury trial 3) Which of the following was NOT an intention of the Missouri Compromise? a) to keep the Union from breaking apart b) to maintain balance of free and slave states c) to prevent slavery from spreading westward 4) Which of the following was a point made in the Dred Scott decision? a) Congress could prohibit slavery in any territory b) slaves were property, even if they lived in a free territory c) slaves were citizens 5) Which of the following was part of the time period known as "Bleeding Kansas"? a) the Raid on Harpers Ferry b) the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre c) the Assassination of Lincoln d) the Dred Scott Decision 6) What was a basic belief of the Republican party before the election of 1860? a) popular sovereignty b) slavery should be abolished c) slavery should not be able to expand d) slavery should not be an issue 7) What is true of the states listed: Missouri, Kentucky, and West Virginia a) all were free states b) all were slave states that sided with the Confederacy c) all were slave states that sided with the Union 8) In the election of 1860, Lincoln was against slavery and Breckenridge wanted to expand slavery. What did Stephen Douglas believe? a) supported the idea of popular sovereignty b) insisted all territories be free c) supported the end of slavery in the US

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