US HISTORY MID

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

The Missouri Compromise is also known as?

• The Compromise of 1820
• The Equality Compromise
• The Henry Clay Compromise
• The Great Compromise

Where was the Missouri Compromise line?

• 36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  

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

Why were members of the U.S. Congress worried about California becoming a state?

• California was so far away from the rest of the states.

• Spain wanted California back.

• It might make Mexico mad.

• Half of the states were slave states and half of the states were free states. Adding California would make make the number of states uneven and give one side more voting power.

What is NOT a reason the FREE states were happy with the Compromise of 1850?

• California joined the United States as a free state.

• The buying and selling of slaves was no longer allowed in Washington, D.C.

• The Fugitive Act was passed.

California was admitted to the Union as a ________________.

• state that allowed slavery

• state that allowed slavery in only its southern areas.

• state that did not allow slavery

• state that allowed slavery in only its northern areas.

30 years after the Missouri Compromise, the question about the growth of slavery into new territories re-emerged after the...

• Revolutionary War.

• War of 1812.

• Mexican-American War.

• Civil War.

Which politician from Kentucky was instrumental in creating the Compromise of 1850?

(Hint: He also was key in passing the Missouri Compromise in 1820.)

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• John C. Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln