Civil War Exam

What compromise would allow for Maine to come into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state?

• Compromise of 1850
• Missouri Compromise
• 3/5th Compromise
• The Great Compromise

What compromise drew a line and said no slavery would be allowed above the 36, 30' line?

• Great Compromise 
• Compromise of 1850
• Missouri Compromise
• 3/5th Compromise

What events led to the Compromise of 1850?

• Mexican Cession
• Trail of Tears
• Gadsden Purchase
• Annexation of Texas

Which of the following was not stated in the Compromise of 1850?

• California enters as a free state
• Fugitive Slave Law
• Maine enters as a free state
• No more slave trade in D.C.

True or False:
The North wanted to be responsible for the capture of runaway slaves. 

• True
• False

True or False:
The south felt the fugitive slave law did not go far enough.

• True
• False

Under the Kansas and Nebraska Act, slavery in these states would be decided by what process?

• Missouri Compromise
• The citizens could petition the state legislature
• Slavery did not exist in those areas so it did not matter
• Popular Sovereignity

What event was a direct result of the Kansas and Nebraska Act?

• Bleeding Kansas
• Fugitive slave act
• Gadsden Purchase
• Election of Lincoln

What major compromise did the Kansas and Nebraska act conflict with?

• Great Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Missouri Compromise
• 3/5th Compromise

Why did Dred Scott feel he could sue for his freedom?

• He had been taken to a free state
• It was in the Fugitive Slave Act
• He was born as a free black
• He had a rich uncle