7th Period Compromise of 1850

A boundary was drawn between which two states?

• New Mexico and Texas

• Texas and Oklahoma

• New Mexico and California

• South and North Carolina

Massachusetts senator Henry Clay was famous for the "Seventh of March" speech.

• True

• False

Henry Clay was known as the "Great Compromiser" because _______.

• he was responsible for the Nullification Crisis

• He was responsible for the Missouri Compromise

• No one is sure how he got the nickname.

• He at fruit with milk on it.

John C. Calhoun was known as the "Great Nullifier" because he tried to nullify a national law from South Carolina.

• True

• False

The Compromise of 1850 was a temporary truce between the North and South about slavery expansion.

• True

• False

Henry Clay was known as the "Great Compromiser" because he ________.

• Resolved the conflict between the North and South over slavery's expansion.

• Allowed slavery to expand into the West.

• Reinforced the need for a stronger fugitive slave law.

• Helped people get along better.

Henry Clay, the "Great Compromiser", did not favor ideas aimed to limit slavery's expansion.

• True

• False

Calhoun wanted one office to represent the South and one to represent the North.

• True

• False

Why did California want to become a state in the US?

• To become a slave state.

• To just be a state.

• To sell the gold they found.

• Their population increased.

What was the Mexican Cession?

• Laws that limited the rights of slaves.

• People who wanted to abolish slavery.

• People who did not want to abolish slavery.

• Large western piece of land.