Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850

What was the primary question surrounding the 1832 Nullification Crisis?

• Can the federal government regulate interstate commerce?

• Can a state regulate a federal agency?

• Can a state overturn a federal law?

• Can the federal government levy taxes on states?

The Nullification Crisis calls into question which amendment?

• The First Amendment

• The Tenth Amendment

• The Fifth Amendment

• The Ninth Amendment

Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

• Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law

• Unlike freedmen, slaves were welcomed into the gold mines of California

• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington D.C. Slave markets

• Unlike slaves, freedmen could vote in territories gained by the Mexican Cession.

Which of these directly resulted from the event announced in this headline?

• The abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North

• Members of the U.S. Senate sought to end Black Codes in the southern states

• The federal government allowed the expansion of slavery into all new western territories

• Abolitionists moved to the South to avoid living under the new law

Which of the following temporarily relieved some sectional tensions for the time being in the 19th century?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The Missouri Compromise

Which state entered the union as a free state and which entered as a slave state as a result of the Missouri Compromise

• Texas entered as a slave state, California entered as a free state

• Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state

• Maine entered as a slave state, Missouri entered as a free state

• California entered as a slave state, Texas entered as a free state

The Missouri Compromise created what line of latitude that stated slavery would be permitted below the line, but not above it?

• 54'40

• 36'30

• 12'76

• 18'50

Which of the following compromises INCREASED sectional tensions in the mid-19th century?

• The Great Compromise

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?

• A stricter fugitive slave act was enacted

• California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state

• Slavery was prohibited in all territories gained by the Mexican Cession

• The southwest territories would determine their free vs slave status via popular sovereignty

In which part of the U.S. was most of the cotton cultivated?

• The Upper South

• The Lower South

• The North

• The West