The Kansas-Nebraska Act continued the ideas of which of the following?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Free Soil Party
Dred Scott v. Sanford
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act continued the ideas of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
Which of the following was stated as part of the Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling?
Only Congress could decide whether to allow slavery in the territories.
Congress could not decide whether to allow slavery in the territories.
Popular sovereignty was unconstitutional.
Slavery was unconstitutional.
Only Congress could decide whether to allow slavery in the territories.
Congress could not decide whether to allow slavery in the territories.
Popular sovereignty was unconstitutional.
Slavery was unconstitutional.
The following statement was part of the Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling:
Only Congress could decide whether to allow slavery in the territories.
Only Congress could decide whether to allow slavery in the territories.
When the Republican Party formed, what was its primary goal?
to keep popular sovereignty
to maintain the series of compromises
to keep slavery out of the territories
to abolish slavery altogether
to keep popular sovereignty
to maintain the series of compromises
to keep slavery out of the territories
to abolish slavery altogether
When the Republican Party formed, its primary goal was to keep slavery out of the territories.
During the debate over California’s statehood, which political figure refused to compromise regarding the expansion of slavery?
Daniel Webster
John Calhoun
Henry Clay
Millard Fillmore
Daniel Webster
John Calhoun
Henry Clay
Millard Fillmore
During the debate over California's statehood, the political figure who refused to compromise regarding the expansion of slavery was John Calhoun.