Slavery Compromises Quiz

As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would slavery in the remaining territory of Utah and New Mexico from the Mexican Cession be decided?

• The Senate would vote

• The House of Representatives would vote

• The President would decide

• Popular sovereignty- the people in the territory would vote

Why was the South against California entering the union?

• California would be a free state and upset the balance of slave and free states.

• California wanted to be a slave state

• California was the scene of violence and bloodshed

• The addition of California would balance the power between free and slave states.

How did the Compromise of 1850 effect escaped slaves and freedmen?

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

• Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California.

• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington DC, slave markets.

• Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession.

What is the fundamental issue behind the Missouri Compromise, and the Compromise of 1850?

• Should the US expand Westward?

• Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?

• Should slave labor be allowed in new states?

• Should states be able to secede from the Union?

What was the major result of the Missouri Compromise?

• It increased the number of immigrants settling in northern states.

• It provided financing for canal construction.

• It rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states.

• It temporarily relieved sectional tensions by balancing power between slave and free states.

What was the decision of the Dred Scott Case?

• Slavery was not allowed to expand west into new territories.

• Slaves are property and are allowed to be taken anywhere.

• Slavery would be abolished in California and Utah Territories.

• Kansas and Nebraska could choose whether or not they wanted slavery.

What was the Major effect of the Kansas Nebraska Act?

• Fighting broke out between slave and anti-slave people in Kansas.

• Kansas joined the USA as a slave state.

• Fewer people moved to Kansas because of the Act.

• Nebraska joined the USA as a free state.

How did the North respond to the fugitive slave law?

• Northerners were pleased with the laws as they sought to expand slavery to the west.

• Many abolitionists in the north began focusing their efforts on the Women's rights movements.

• Religious groups left the abolitionists movement to avoid the controversy.

• Many Northerners believed that the law was unfair and started joining the abolitionists movement.

What event is being described in this list?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott Court Case

Which economy and contributing factor best complete this table below?

• 1) Large farms; 2) Slaves used for labor.

• 1) Cottage industry; 2) Mild weather that attracted immigrants.

• 1) Mining; 2) Metal ores and minerals.

• 1) Ranching; 2) Steamboats to transport people East.