Question

answer the questions 1-5

Question 1 (2 points)
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What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

Question 1 options:

The Republican Party lost influence in the federal legislature


The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts


Tensions among the populations of northern and southern states increased


Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western cities

Question 2 Needs Answer
Question 2 (2 points)
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Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

Question 2 options:

Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas


Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856


Nebraskan settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas


The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south

Question 3 Needs Answer
Question 3 (2 points)
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Which statement explains an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

Question 3 options:

The compromise allowed slaves to be counted toward a state's population for representation in Congress


The compromise enabled Southerners to pursue fugitive slaves into the North


The compromise maintained the balance between the number of free states and slave states in the Senate


The compromise ended the slave trade in Texas

Question 4 Needs Answer
Question 4 (2 points)
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Which condition did both slaves and free blacks in the United States experience in the antebellum period?

Question 4 options:

Both groups were allowed to testify in court


Both groups were able to vote in elections


Both groups were force to pay taxes


Both groups were denied citizenship rights

Question 5 Needs Answer
Question 5 (2 points)
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Which of the following was in the final ruling in the Dred Scott case?

Question 5 options:

Slavery could never legally end


Slavery helped the economy


Slaves were essential to a healthy life


Slaves were property and not citizens and could not sue in court

Answer 1

Question 1: Tensions among the populations of northern and southern states increased
Question 2: Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas
Question 3: The compromise maintained the balance between the number of free states and slave states in the Senate
Question 4: Both groups were denied citizenship rights
Question 5: Slaves were property and not citizens and could not sue in court