COMPROMISE OF 1850

Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• California

• Maine

• Missouri

• Texas

The idea that political power belongs to the people is called_____________________, and allows the people to make decisions about who will represent them in government and what laws will be established.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

What are the three branches of government under the U.S. and California constitutions?

• executive, congressional and the judicial

• congressional, judicial and the legislative

• judicial, legislative and presidential

• executive, legislative and judicial

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

• California joined the United States as a free state.

• Slavery was still allowed in Washington, D.C.

• The Fugitive Act was passed.

The MO Compromise, of 1820, seemed to settle the question of whether slavery could expand into the...

• Mexican Cession.

• Louisiana Purchase.

As a result of the MO Compromise, Maine became a free state and ___________ became a slave state.

• Louisiana

• Alabama

• Kansas

• Missouri

In 1850, _______ with its' large population as a result of the Gold Rush, applied for statehood.

• Arizona

• California

• New Mexico

• Utah

The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.

• Arizona

• California

• New Mexico

• Utah

The Fugitive Slave Act...

• increased Underground Railroad Activity.

• led to resistance in the North.

• infuriated abolitionists.

• All of the above

Which of the following compromises INCREASED sectional tensions in the mid-19th century?

• The Great Compromise

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Three-Fifths Compromise