Civil War Unit Quiz SS8H6a-c

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

• permitted, prohibited
• prohibited, permitted or allowed
• sometimes prohibited, never allowed
• cheap, expensive

Which of the following was not a part of the Missouri Compromise?

• Main came in as a free state
• Maine came in as a slave state
• the balance in Congress stayed equal
• The 36' 30' line was created

The Missouri compromise said that ___

• The US could add any state at any time individually
• For every slave state a Free state would be added

Which side was pro-slavery?

• North
• South

California entered the Union as a free state while southwest territories would decide the slavery issue themselves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Compromise of 1850

The term means that people in the state would VOTE to make decisions about being a free state or a slave state.

• independent choice
• popular sovereignty
• popular election

The two sides agreed to a _____ even though it meant they didn't get all that they wanted. 

• abolitionist 
• appease
• states' rights
• compromise

This law left it to the white citizens of the territory to decide whether that territory would be a free or slave territory.

• Missouri Compromise
• Wilmot Proviso
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Emancipation Proclomation

Which compromise is described by the following provisions?
1. California enters as a free state.
2. Utah and New Mexico's status determined by the people.
3. The Fugitive Slave Act becomes harsher.

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Great Compromise 
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Congress added California as a free state and passed the Fugitive Slave Laws?

• Bleeding Kansas
• Fugitive Slave Law
• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850