AH2.3 The Compromise of 1850

Multiple Choice

Which issue brought about the need for a compromise measure in 1850?

• application of California for statehood as a free state

• outbreak of violence in the Kansas Territory

• need for a new Oregon Treaty

• dispute over the California Gold Rush

Multiple Choice

The idea that political power belongs to the people and allows the people to make decisions about what laws will be established is called what?

• federalism

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers

• judicial review

Multiple Choice

Who was the "Great Compromiser" who developed both the Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850?

• Abraham Lincolon

• Henry Clay

• Thomas Paine

• George Danton

Open Ended

Name 3 parts of the Compromise of 1850.