Supreme Court cases, Missouri Compromise, Trail of Tears

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

Why was it important to Southern senators to have an equal number of slave and free states? It was mainly an ...

• Issue of respect.

• Issue of equal balance in voting power.

• Issue of tax revenue.

• Issue of future elections.

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

• permitted, prohibited
• prohibited, permitted or allowed
• sometimes prohibited, never allowed
• cheap, expensive

What was the “spoils system” practiced by newly-elected president Andrew Jackson?

• damaging the reputations of one’s political opponents

• celebrating one’s victory over a period of months

• raising the wages of one’s staff after a victory

• rewarding supporters by giving them government jobs

The idea that the common people should control the government

• Spoils system
• Corrupt Bargain
• American system
• Jacksonian Democracy

What was the political party of Andrew Jackson?

• Federlaist
• Democratic-Republican
• Democrat
• Republican

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

Which lawmaker was most responsible for the MO Compromise?

• Daniel Webster

• John C. Calhoun

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

Why did the South or pro-slavery states get the worst deal in the Missouri Compromise?

• There was more land north of the 36-30 line which didn't allow slavery
• It lost votes in the Senate
• It lost votes in the House of Representatives
• There was more land below the 36-30 line