U.S. History-Chapter 8.1

Which of the following was not a provision in the Compromise of 1850?

• There was a strict fugitive slave law.

• It ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C..

• It allowed California to enter the Union as a slave state.

• It divided the Mexican Cession into the New Mexico and Utah territories.

What term refers to the right of people to create their government?

• constitutionality

• republicanism

• democracy

• popular sovereignty

What was stated in the Wilmot Proviso?

• Popular sovereignty would be excercised in all states.

• Slavery would be introduced as a possibility in northern states.

• The President would have the final decision on slavery in territories of the Mexican Cession.

• Slavery was to be banned in any territories won from Mexico.

What political party's objective was to keep slavery out of the western territories?

• Republican

• Know-Nothing

• Free-Soil

• Democrat

What was stated in the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Captured slaves would be jailed for life.

• In northern states, it was permissible for citizens to give aid and comfort to escaped slaves.

• Captured slaves would be immediately put to death.

• All citizens were required to help catch African Americans trying to escape slavery.

In which agreement would the state of Missouri be admitted as a slave state and Maine introduced as a free state?

• Maine Compromise

• Clay Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Slavery Legislation Agreement

Why did Northern congressmen argue that California should enter the Union as a free state?

• They feared that California would consist of polititians mostly from the Democratic party.

• They argued that cash crops grown in the South could not adequately be grown in California.

• Most of California was located north of the Missouri Compromise line.

• The North specialized in industry and California had already built hundreds of factories within its boundaries.

Who introduced the Missouri Compromise?

• Daniel Webster

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• David Wilmot

Why did northerners oppose allowing Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state?

• Southern states would be given greater opportunities to create better profits than northern states.

• It would give slave states more land area and therefore more resources than free states.

• It would give the southern states a majority in the Senate.

• Northerners wanted to benefit from the taxes that would be charged to live in California.

Who won the election of 1848 and became the nation's third Whig President of the United States?

• Zachary Taylor

• Martin Van Buren

• Millard Fillmore

• Lewis Cass