The Failure of Compromise

What was the name of the famous politician who came up with the idea of the Compromise of 1850 (as well as the earlier Missouri Compromise)?

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• Daniel Webster

• Henry Clay

What was the Fugitive Slave Act (fugitive Slave Law)?

• A law that freed all slaves in the Northern States, but did not free slaves in the south

• A law that made it a crime to help escaped slaves, and required their return to slavery

• A law that let people in each state vote to decide whether or not to allow slavery

What was the Underground Railroad?

• a system of routes, people and places that were used by escaped slaves to find freedom in the north

• a secret tunnel dug by slaves in mississippi that stretched all the was to Illinois- slaves used it to escape slavery

• an abolitionist-owned railroad company that secretly transported escaped slaves from the south to the north

What was the negative effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? What was this called?

• violence between pro-slavery groups and abolitionists would lead to many deaths in Kansas-the time would be referred to as "Bleeding Kansas"

• It resulted in slavery spreading into the states of Kansas and Nebraska-angering southern politicians who called it a "Corrupt Bargain"

• Both Kansas and Nebraska refused to become states leading to a rebellion against the US government which would be called the "Kansas-Nebraska War"

How did the slave question affect American Political Parties?

• America's major political parties would both be divided over the issue of slavery into northern and southern factions- eventually the Whig Party would fall apart and a new Republican Party would be created

• It lead to the Whig party being firmly unite against slavery and Democratic Party being firmly united in support of slavery- It caused violent fighting even in the Senate Chamber

• It did not affect America's political parties- Both sides used compromise to avoid the issue of slavery

Which of the following describes the Compromise of 1850?

• Laws that allowed California to become a free state but allowed other new states to vote on the issue, and also create laws to prevent people from helping escaped slaves 

• Laws that allowed Missouri to become a slave state while Maine was added to the US as a free state

• Laws the created a line down the middle of the country that would be used to degtermine is new states were free or slave states

Which statement accurately describes the scene shown in the political cartoon?

• Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner because they were political rivals from the South.

• Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner because Sumner refused to support the abolitionist cause.

• Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner because Sumner insulted other senators for supporting the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner because Sumner insulted other senators who supported the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision.