Chapter 13 Quiz: pages 474-482 -WIlmot Proviso to Pop. Sov.

What proposition would allow congress to ban slavery in all territory that might become part of the United States as a result of the Mexican American War.

• Wilmot Proviso
• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise 1850
• Kansas & Nebraska Act

What law allowed special government officials to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave?

• Fugitive Slave Act 1850
• Emancipation Proclomation
• Underground Railroad
• Kansas Nebraska Act

This is when people in each territory would vote directly on the issue, rather than have their elected representative decide for them.

• republicanism
• popular sovereignty
• nationalism
• free-range

Who proposed the compromise of 1850?

• Daniel Webster
• Abraham Lincoln
• Henry Clay
• John C. Calhoun

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...

• Washington, DC

• Richmond

• New Orleans

• Charleston

Why were southerners upset with the Free Soil Party's Platform?

• Southerners considered it unconstitutional.

• Southerners needed more votes in Congress.

• Southerners thought it made America look weak to our allies.

What did the Compromise of 1850 say about slavery in other territories (besides California) that were acquired by the U.S. in the Mexican Cession?

• Popular sovereignty would determine whether or not the territories would allow slavery.

• They would automatically become slave states.

• Slavery was banned.

• All of the above.

Which was NOT true of the new Fugitive Slave Act?

• It required policemen to arrest suspected runaways.

• It punished those aiding runaway slaves with prison and a large fine.

• It was popular and well-received in northern states.

• It prevented suspected slaves from testifying in court and from being able to legally defend themselves.

According to the Compromise of 1850, which two territories were allowed to decide for themselves on the issue of allowing or banning slavery by popular sovereignty?

• Utah and New Mexico

• California and Oregon

• North Carolina and South Carolina

• Michigan and Ohio