Moving to the Civil War

What created Maine as a free state?

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• both

What allowed California in as a free state?

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• both

Was Henry Clay's idea.

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• both

What banned future slavery above 36 30?

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• both

Had a new fugitive slave act which required all citizens to help capture runaway slaves.

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• both

The Whigs chose _________ to run for president because he was a war hero even though he had never voted in his life.

• Taylor

• Jackson

• Tyler

• O'Mally

Who ran for president in 1848 with the Free Soil Party?

• Fremont

• Cass

• Van Buren

• Scott

What was the Southerner's problem with the Fugitive Slave Act?

• too many slaves were returned dead

• too many slaves were caught and the courts were backlogged

• it was not cool

• Northern states refused to enforce it

Violence in what state in the 1850's was kind of a microcosm of the Civil War?

• Kansas

• Texas

• Nebraska

• Utah

Why did Taylor not veto the Compromise of 1850?

• he died

• he knew that Congress had enough votes to over ride his veto

• he knew the people wanted the law

• he miscounted the days needed for a pocket veto