Compromise of 1850

Who was known as the Great Compromiser?

• John C Calhoun
• Daniel Webster
• Henry Clay
• George Washington

Which state wanted to join the Union as a free state?

• California
• Michigan
• Washington
• Georgia

What law compelled the North to return runaway slaves back to the South?

• Fugitive Dog Acts
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Abolition Act of 1850
• I refuse to answer this question based on the fact I have not studied!

As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?

• The Senate would vote
• The House of Representatives would vote
• The President would vote
• Popular sovereignty

The Fugitive Slave Act allowed who to enter Free States in pursuit of fugitive slaves?

• Slave catchers
• Abolitionists
• Free Soilers
• Democrats

Why was the South against California entering the union?

• California would upset the delicate balance of the Senate
• California wanted to be a slave state
• California was the scene of violence and bloodshed
• I don't have the foggiest idea

What threat made by Calhoun forced Clay to come up with the Compromise of 1850?

• South threatened to free the slaves
• South threatened to secede
• South threatened to kill Henry Clay
• South threatened blow up the White House

What part of the Compromise of 1850 upset the North the most?

• Allowing California in as a free state
• Ending the slave trade in Washington DC
• using popular sovereignty to decide Utah and New Mexico
• the stricter Fugitive Slave Act

The stricter Fugitive Slave Act saw an increase in what?

• slave trade
• underground railroad
• abolition movements
• both underground railroad and abolition movments

In terms of living up to "all men are created equal", the Compromise of 1850:

• didn't
• sucked
• has a long way to go before equal is equal
• all of the above