Compromises

The 3/5 Compromise settled the argument of--

• Representation in the Senate
• How slaves should be counted for representation
• How states should be represented
• Borders of states

Before the 3/5 Compromise, Southern states wanted slaves to count for--

• Taxes
• Population

Which compromise admitted California as a free state?

• Missouri Compromise
• Gag Rule
• Compromise of 1850
• Crittenden Compromise

Which compromise created the 36-30 line in the lands of the Louisiana Purchase above which slavery was not to exist?

• Missouri Compromise
• Gag Rule
• Compromise of 1850
• Crittenden Compromise

Which compromise was repealed in part during the Pierce administration when the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed?

• Missouri Compromise
• Gag Rule
• Compromise of 1850
• Crittenden Compromise

Which compromise tipped control of the Senate to free states?

• Missouri Compromise
• Gag Rule
• Compromise of 1850
• Crittenden Compromise

The Great Compromise was a compromise between--

• Mass. Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New York Plan
• Virginia Plan and Delaware Plan

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

The Missouri Compromise is also known as?

• The Compromise of 1820
• The Equality Compromise
• The Henry Clay Compromise
• The Great Compromise