1820-1860 Review
What were the 3
parts of the Missouri
Compromise?
• Missouri became a slave state
• Maine became a free state
• Louisiana Territory was
divided at the 36 degree, 30
minute parallel; north of the
line must be free territory;
south of the line could be
slave territory
What were the key points
of the Compromise of
1850?
• California became a free state
• Stronger fugitive slave law
• Abolished the slave trade, but
not slavery itself, in the
District of Columbia
• Created the Utah and New
Mexico territories without
mentioning slavery
What was popular
sovereignty?
• The people of a territory
would decide whether they
wanted slavery
Identify the KansasNebraska Act.
• Created the territories of Kansas
and Nebraska
• Said popular sovereignty would
decide slavery in both Kansas and
Nebraska
• Since both Kansas and Nebraska
were north of the Missouri
Compromise line, the KansasNebraska Act repealed the Missouri
Compromise
What effect did the KansasNebraska Act have on the
Missouri Compromise?
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act
repealed the Missouri
Compromise.
What political party was
formed in opposition to
the Kansas-Nebraska
Act?
• The Republican Party
What broke out in the
Kansas Territory?
• Civil war between proslavery and anti-slavery
settlers
What adjective was used
to describe Kansas in the
mid-1850s?
• Bleeding Kansas
What was the
Supreme Court’s
decision in the
Dred Scott case?
• Since Dred Scott was a slave, he
could not sue in federal court
• African-Americans were not
citizens of the United States
• Since Congress had no power to
prohibit slavery in the
territories, the Missouri
Compromise was
unconstitutional
What did the Dred Scott
decision say about the
Missouri Compromise?
• The Missouri Compromise
was unconstitutional.
What power did the
Supreme Court use in Dred
Scott v. Sandford?
• The power of judicial
review
In Dred Scott v. Sandford
did the Supreme Court
rule that Scott should
remain a slave or gain his
freedom?
•Remain a slave
Which section liked the
Dred Scott decision, the
North or the South?
•The South
Which group(s) liked the
Dred Scott decision?
• Abolitionists?
• Republicans?
• Slaves?
• Slaveholders?
Slaveholders