Antebellum Review

Who proposed the Missouri Compromise, Compromise Tariff of 1832, and Compromise of 1850?

• John C. Calhoun

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

• Daniel Webster

Which law required everyone to help catch runaway slaves and was part of the Compromise of 1850?

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

Who was from South Carolina, supported slavery, opposed tariffs, and claimed states could nullify a federal law?

• John C. Calhoun

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

• Daniel Webster

What is popular sovereignty?

• Power of Congress to check the President's power

• Power of people to vote if they want slavery or not

• Right of states to nullify federal laws

• Movement of people to cities

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott Decision?

• Slaves are U.S. citizens and not property

• Dred Scott was granted his freedom

• Slavery was prohibited in all new territories

• Congress had no power to prohibit slavery

Who was from Massachusetts, was nicknamed "Old Man Eloquent", opposed slavery, and was a former president?

• Daniel Webster

• John C. Calhoun

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

Which 1820 law divided free and slave territories at the 36*30'N and maintained a balance of free and slave states?

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

Who was from Massachusetts, opposed slavery, supported tariffs, and was opposed to nullification?

• John C. Calhoun

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

• Daniel Webster

Who ran for president multiple times (was never elected), was from the west, and was known as the Great Compromiser?

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• John Quincy Adams

Which law annexed California as a free state, allowed popular sovereignty in 2 territories in the Mexican Cession, and banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C.?

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise