The Compromise of 1850

Southerners were happy that _____________ was elected President in 1848.

• Zachary Taylor

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin Pierce

• Andrew Jackson

The Compromise addressed the issue of slavery

• in the North

• in the South

• in the Canadian territories

• in the Mexican Cession

Which 2 new territories could decide their slave status?

• Utah and New Mexico

• New Mexico and California

• Utah and Nevada

• California and Nevada

California would be admitted as a ____________ state

• free

• slave

Slave trading was banned here

• Virginia

• Washington, DC

• Maryland

• Mississippi

The Fugitive Slave Act required (check all that apply)

• ordinary citizens to assist with capturing runaway slaves

• officials in all state and territories to assist in returning runaway slaves

• free African Americans to purchase special documents

• captured runaway slaves to serve 2 years in prison

The Compromise was originally considered successful in maintaining the union of the United States

• True

• False

Eventually the Compromise could not prevent sectional conflict between the North and the South

• True

• False