TOPIC 8.1 "CONFLICT & COMPROMISE"

In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease (calm fears of) 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

What state would be added to the Union as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850

• Oregon

• California

• Michigan

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 decide by vote where to allow slavery.

• They could only join the Union as a slave state.

• They could become their own nation.

As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?

• The Senate would vote

• The House of Representatives would vote

• The President would vote

• Popular sovereignty by voters

Why was the South against California entering the union?

• California would upset the delicate balance of the Senate

• California wanted to be a slave state

• California was the scene of violence and bloodshed

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Who was known as the Great Compromiser?

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

Why were a lot of people moving to Kansas to vote?

• Popular sovereignty was allowing people to vote if they wanted Kansas to be a free state or a slave state

• They wanted Abraham Lincoln to be elected

• They wanted Charles Robinson to be elected Governor

• They really like voting

Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory

• Residents could vote on the issue of slavery

• Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

• Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• That slavery diminished the national character.

• That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.

• That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens

• That slavery should be abolished by executive order

What did the Supreme Court decision explained about Scott?

• As he was black he was free.

• As he lived in a free state he was free.

• As he was a Negro and not a citizen under the US Constitution, he could not be recognized to sue in court.

• As he was in two states both slave and free he could be freed after half his life, or at age 35.