Abridged Chapter 11-12: The Missouri Compromise and Slavery in the Western U.S.

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Printed on Map: "Designed to exhibit the comparative area of the free and slave states and the territory open to slavery or freedom by the repeal of the Missouri compromise. With a comparison of the principal statistics of the free and slave states, from the census of 1850."
Map Key
Red = Free state
Dark Blue = Slave states are in dark blue
Green Blue = Territories that could be slave or free if the Missouri compromise was ended
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The main purpose of the passage is to

Note how Question #1 is about the entire article. Hence, you should wait until you read the entire article before you answer it! (Hint: You should do the same thing on the SAT Reading exam.)

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According to the passage, the reaction to the Missouri Compromise can best be described as

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The MOST likely reason for including information about the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 is to show

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It can be reasonably inferred that "self-determination" is

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The passage indicates that Thomas Jefferson believed that the question over slavery would eventually lead to

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Which answer choice BEST describes the central tension that led to the Missouri Compromise?

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Based on the information in the passage, it can be reasonably inferred that

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? (from Paragraph 4)

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As used in line 1, "sentiment" most nearly means

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The final paragraph develops a key concept of the article by

Finité. Don't forget to go back to question #1 and answer it! Then click "Submit" in Formative and "Mark as done" in Google Classroom.