Compromises Over Slavery Lesson

Multiple Choice

What is a compromise?

• An agreement where both sides give something up to reach an agreement

• A situation where only one side benefits

• A law passed by Congress

• A type of government

Multiple Select

Which of the following were compromises or clauses related to slavery included in the Constitution?

• 3/5ths Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Clause

• Missouri Compromise

• Emancipation Proclamation

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The 3/5ths Compromise counted enslaved African Americans as

of a person for representation.

Multiple Choice

What was the main effect of Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin on the demand for enslaved labor in the United States?

• It decreased the demand for enslaved labor

• It had no effect on the demand for enslaved labor

• It increased the demand for enslaved labor

• It ended slavery in the South

Match

Match the terms to the definition

• Louisiana Purchase

• 3/5ths Compromise

• Cotton Gin

• Second Middle Passage

Land acquisition from France in 1803

Agreement counting slaves as three-fifths of a person for representation

Invention that revolutionized cotton production

Forced migration of enslaved people within the United States

• Land acquisition from France in 1803

• Agreement counting slaves as three-fifths of a person for representation

• Invention that revolutionized cotton production

• Forced migration of enslaved people within the United States

Multiple Choice

What was the main goal of the Missouri Compromise?

• To keep the balance of power between free and slave states

• To abolish slavery in all states

• To allow only free states to join the Union

• To make Missouri a free state

Multiple Select

Which of the following were outcomes of the Compromise of 1850?

• California entered as a free state

• The Fugitive Slave Law was passed

• Slavery was abolished in all states

• The slave trade was banned in D.C.

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The Compromise of 1850 allowed

to enter the Union as a free state.

Multiple Choice

What was the principle of Popular Sovereignty as applied to new states in the Kansas territory?

• Congress would decide if slavery was legal

• The President would decide if slavery was legal

• New states would hold elections to decide if slavery would be legal or illegal

• The Supreme Court would decide if slavery was legal