"The legislative package known as the Compromise of 1850 postponed the Civil War by a decade. However, like the 1820 Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 failed to resolve the question of slavery in a meaningful way. Over the course of the 1850s, the inadequacies of both measures were made painfully clear. 'Popular sovereignty' undermined the Missouri compromise by suggesting the earlier division of the country along the thirty-sixth parallel into free states and slave states no longer applied. Indeed, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 permitted slavery. The resulting bloodshed in Kansas, like later incidents at Harper's Ferry, presaged the violent conflict of the Civil War."

Question

—Library of Congress

Use the passage to answer the question.

What does the author mean in saying that popular sovereignty "undermined the Missouri compromise”?

(1 point)
Responses

It maintained the division of free and slave states.
It maintained the division of free and slave states.

It expanded slavery to the Northern free states.
It expanded slavery to the Northern free states.

It forced slaves who had escaped to be returned to a slave state.
It forced slaves who had escaped to be returned to a slave state.

It reopened debate over the border between free and slave states.
It reopened debate over the border between free and slave states.
Question 5
#5

As leader of the Republican Party, Lincoln was outspoken in his views on slavery and expressed them during the debates of 1858. Which of the following would best fit with his position?

(1 point)
Responses

Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850

Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso

Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act

Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott decision
Question 6
#6

Which two of the following were strategies used by the Union during the Civil War?

(4 points)
Responses

naval blockade
naval blockade

defensive war
defensive war

seizing control of the Mississippi River
seizing control of the Mississippi River

relying on European countries for supplies

Answer 1

Question 4: What does the author mean in saying that popular sovereignty "undermined the Missouri compromise”?

Correct Response: It reopened debate over the border between free and slave states.

Explanation: The concept of popular sovereignty allowed new territories to determine their own status regarding slavery, thereby disregarding the boundaries established by the Missouri Compromise (the division at the thirty-sixth parallel). This effectively reopened the debate about where slavery would and would not be allowed, leading to further conflict.

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Question 5: As leader of the Republican Party, Lincoln was outspoken in his views on slavery and expressed them during the debates of 1858. Which of the following would best fit with his position?

Correct Response: Wilmot Proviso

Explanation: The Wilmot Proviso was a proposal to ban slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico, which aligned with Lincoln's views promoting the prevention of the expansion of slavery.

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Question 6: Which two of the following were strategies used by the Union during the Civil War?

Correct Responses:

1. naval blockade
2. seizing control of the Mississippi River

Explanation: The Union implemented a naval blockade to cut off supplies to the Confederacy and aimed to control the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy and secure vital transportation routes. The other options, "defensive war" and "relying on European countries for supplies," were not primary strategies associated with the Union's overall approach during the Civil War.