Compromises

Which was passed first?

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850

California entered the US as a free state

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850

The trading of slaves was banned in Washington DC

• Missouri Compromse
• Compromise of 1850

Established that the 36 30 parallel would determine is states would enter the US as slave or free

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850

Created the Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850

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.

In the Missouri Compromise who was admitted as a free state?

• California
• Texas
• Missouri
• Maine

In the Missouri Compromise who was admitted as a slave state?

• California
• Texas
• Missouri
• Maine

In this compromise the Southwest territories would decide about slavery?

• Popular Soveriegnty
• majority rule
• Compromise of 1850
• The Compromise of 1820

This was proclaimed but Southern states as a way of self protection.

• Nationalism
• Sectionalism
• States' rights
• Fugitive slave act