Sectionalism Compromises Quiz

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, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California. 
• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C., slave markets.
• Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise? 

• It increased the number of immigrants settling in northern states
• It provided financing for canal construction
• It rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states.
•  It temporarily relieved sectional tensions

What did California and Texas have in common?

• Both would enter the Union as slave states.
• Both would enter the Union as free states.
• Both were former Mexican territories.
• Both were jointly occupied by the United States and Great Britain.

Who was known as the Great Compromiser?

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

According to the Compromise of 1850, What could New Mexico and Utah territories do?

• They could only join the Union as a free state.
• The people of the territory could decided where to allow slavery.
• They could only join the Union as a slave state.
• They could become their own nation.

What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?

• The underground railroad was ended
• Slaves that ran-away would be jailed
• Made it illegal for slaveholders to recapture their slaves
• Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves

In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?

• It created new taxes for railroad construction.
• It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
• It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves
• It added California as a slave state

When was the Missouri Compromise reached?

• 1820
• 1850
• 1776
• 1803

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

• Slave catchers
• Abolitionists
• Free Soilers
• Democrats