America's Broken Covenant

What was the main cause of the Missouri Compromise?

• The Missouri Territory applied to become a slave state

• Maine applied to become a free state

• The Missouri Territory applied to become a free state

• Texas was annexed by the United States

He upset the south by proposing that no additional slaves should be brought into Missouri.

• New York Congressman James Talmage, Jr.

• Whig President Zachary Taylor

• Democratic President Franklin Pierce

• None of these answer choices are correct

Which of the following was not proposed in the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• Maine would be admitted as a free state

• Missouri would be admitted as a slave state

• Additional slaves could not be brought into Missouri once it became a state

• No slavery would be permitted north of Missouri's southern border

Which of the following was a result of the Compromise of 1820?

• Americans started immigrating into the Spanish Territory of Texas to try and colonize it.

• All slave states approved the compromise

• All free states approved the compromise

• Henry Clay retired from Congress

What did the Wilmot Proviso call for?

• It called for a peace treaty to end the Mexican-American War

• It called for all lands from Mexico to be handed over to the United States

• It called for any land acquired by the U.S. from Mexico to be free of slavery

• None of these answer choices are correct

Which of the following was not a political party in the late 1840s?

• The Republican Party

• The Democratic Party

• The Whig Party

• The Free- Soil Party

Like Missouri, California's application to become a state was controversial? Why?

• Admitting a new state would have upset the balance of free and slave states

• California would have given slave states more power in Congress

• Missouri would have given free states more power in Congress

• California was still part of Mexico

What was the true purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• To put an end to the Underground Railroad

• To mitigate tensions between the 2 major political parties

• To address the growing concern Northerners had about the number of runaways who lived in the North

• None of these answer choices are correct

Who was the author of the Compromises of 1820 and '50?

• Millard Fillmore

• Zachary Taylor

• James Monroe

• Henry Clay

Which of the following wrote the Kansas - Nebraska Act?

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

• Franklin Pierce

• James Buchanan