Compromises and Wars (1820 - 1850)

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

When was the Missouri Compromise reached?

• 1820
• 1850
• 1776
• 1803

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  

• James Monroe
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Henry Clay

Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise?

• The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states.
• The Compromise upset the balance of power between free states and slave states in the Senate.
• The Compromise was liked by Northerners, but not Southerners.
• The Compromise solved all future issues regarding new states.

What is Congress's job?

• To enforce the laws.
• To interpret the laws. 
• To make the laws.

After the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was considered a free state?

• True

• I don't know

• False

• True and False

After the Missouri Compromise, Maine was considered a slave state?

• True

• Kinda true

• False

• False and True

Which states were slave states after the Missouri Compromise?

• Indiana

• Alabama

• Louisiana

• All of the above

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.