Missouri Compromise of 1850 and Kanas-Nebraska Act

Who wrote the Compromise of 1850?

• Henry Clay

• Senator Douglas

• John C. Calhoun

• Andrew Jackson

What was the cause of the Compromise of 1850?

• disputes of slavery

• disagreements over tariffs

• expanding freedom of religion

• the Constitutional principle of checks and balances

What is the Compromise of 1850?

• a list of women's rights

• the abolishment of slavery

• reduction the tariffs over 10 years

• California to enter the U.S. as a free state & passing a Fugitive Slave Law

What is the Fugitive Slave Law?

• allowed southerners to hunt down escaped slaves anywhere in America

• prevented slave owners for returning runaway slaves to their masters

• provided escaped slaves guaranteed freedom in the North

• The state would decided if that territory would have slaves or not

What did the Compromise of 1850 result in?

• The increase in tariffs

• Permeant peace between the North and South

• More conflict between the North and South, Civil War

• End sectionalism

What allowed people within a territory to vote on the issue of slavery?

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Compromise of 1850

• Kanas-Nebraska Act

• 10th Amendment

What was the result of the Kanas-Nebraska Act?

• Tariffs was raised

• Tariffs ended

• Conflict between the North & South grew; Civil War

• California became a fee state and Missouri was a slave state

What was the cause of the Kanas-Nebraska Act?

• Religion

• Slavery

• Tariffs

• Separation of power

In 1860 which political party supported the abolition of slavery?

• Republicans

• Democrat Republicans

• Democrats

• Whigs

In 1860 who was the leader of the Republican Party?

• Jefferson Davis

• James Monroe

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln