Match the event or concept with its impact on the expansion of slavery and sectionalism points)

Answer 1

1. Missouri Compromise - B. Temporarily maintained the balance of power between free and slave states in Congress
2. Fugitive Slave Act - A. Increased tensions between Northern abolitionists and Southern slaveowners
3. Dred Scott decision - C. Declared that slaves were not citizens and therefore could not sue for their freedom in court
4. Kansas-Nebraska Act - D. Repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed for popular sovereignty in determining the status of slavery in territories