Search for a Compromise - Chapter 16, Lesson 1

Senator John C. Calhoun would most likely agree with which of the following statements?

• Preserving the Union is more important than states’ rights.

• States’ rights are more important than preserving the Union.

• The federal government should have the power to decide whether states allow slavery.

• New territories should be allowed to determine for themselves whether to allow slavery.

According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery to be banned?

• Kansas and Nebraska 

• Northern states

• Louisiana Territory

• land acquired from Mexico

Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states? 

• losing respect 
• losing tax revenue
•  losing voting power
•  losing future elections

The idea that people vote directly on an issue is

• ridiculous

• secession rights

• popular sovereignty

• the Missouri Compromise

Why was the Free-Soil Party formed?

• To make sure farmers could get free land

• So that territory gained in the Mexican-American War be free from slavery

• To keep slavery out of the Northern States

• So that the Louisiana Territory remain free from slavery

Which is term that means withdraw?

• popular sovereignty

• fugitive

• annex

• secede

Which term refers to runaway slaves?

• polygamy

• vigilantes

• slave catchers

• fugitives

Who proposed the compromise of 1850?

• Daniel Webster
• Abraham Lincoln
• Henry Clay
• John C. Calhoun

The admission of what state as a free state led to the Compromise of 1850?

• Missouri
• Oregon
• Texas
• California

Who was known as the Great Compromiser?

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