Compromises and Wars (1820 - 1850)

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In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state? Options: Missouri, Maine, Kentucky, Ohio

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Missouri

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When was the Missouri Compromise reached?

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1820

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Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?

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Henry Clay

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Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise? Options: The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states., The Compromise upset the balance of power between free states and slave states in the Senate., The Compromise was liked by Northerners, but not Southerners., The Compromise solved all future issues regarding new states.

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The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states.

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Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen? Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law, Unlike freedmen, slaves were welcomed into the gold mines of California, Members of both groups could be sold in Washington D.C. Slave markets, Unlike slaves, freedmen could vote in territories gained by the Mexican Cession.

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Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law

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Which state entered the union as a free state and which entered as a slave state as a result of the Missouri Compromise? Options: Texas entered as a slave state, California entered as a free state; Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state; Maine entered as a slave state, Missouri entered as a free state; California entered as a slave state, Texas entered as a free state.

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Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state.

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___________ suggested the Compromise of 1850.

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Henry Clay

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Along with the compromise, Congress passed the ______________________, which stated all runaway slaves had to be returned to their owners.

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Fugitive Slave Law

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The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.

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California

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What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?

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Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves