War and Compromise

Balancing slave and free states by admitting Missouri as slave and Maine as free was know as the...

• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• popular sovereignty
• Missouri Compromise of 1820

Which of the following was TRUE regarding the Missouri Compromise? 

• It was created by South Carolinian John C. Calhoun 
• It prevented the spread of slavery into western territories
• It kept the balance between slave and free states in the Senate 
• It caused the price of cotton to dramatically increase

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter the Union as s slave state, even though it was North of the 36 30 compromise line ?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter the Union as s slave state, even though it was North of the 36 30 compromise line ?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

Which of the following was a result of The Missouri Compromise?

• California came in as a free state
• Utah and New Mexico could vote on the issue of slavery in their state
• Maine came in as a Free state
• Mexico's northern lands became part of the US

 What was the impact of the McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden decisions?

• A. The right of labor unions was upheld 

•   B. Freedom of Speech was guaranteed to all 

• C. Equal protection was established  

•  D. The power of the national government was strengthened 

What are causes of the War of 1812?

• British supporting Native American resistance against the U.S , Impressment of Sailors and British interference of U.S. Maritime Trade.

• Interference with US shipping and French embargo

• Impressment of sailors and Treaty of Ghent

• Increase manufacturing and British supporting US citizens.

Which former First Lady famously saved the portrait of George Washington before the British burned the President's House.

• Abigail Adams
• Martha Washington
• Martha Jefferson
• Dolley Madison

What was the name of the fort that was bombarded during the Battle of Baltimore?

• Fort Wayne
• Fort Apache
• Fort McHenry
• Fort Winterfell

What battle during the War of 1812 was fought even though the war was over?

• Battle of Trenton
• Battle of New Orleans
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of Paoli