Changing Politics 1820-1860 | READING CHECK

How does the section “The Missouri Compromise, 1820” relate to the section “The Compromise Of 1850”?

• Both sections describe laws that were passed to determine if new states would allow slavery.

• Both sections explain the important role Stephen A. Douglas played in eliminating slavery in the United States.

• Both sections show the importance of California in the debate over slavery.

• Both sections highlight violent encounters between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces.

Which detail supports the idea that slavery caused lots of arguments?

• In 1819, Missouri wanted to become a state.

• This meant that there was an equal number of senators from slave and free states in the Senate.

• This land included present-day Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming.

• Southern representatives kept their power in the Senate by refusing to allow new states.

Which sentence from the section "The Compromise Of 1850" explains why California applied to become a state?

• New settlers moved west because of the Gold Rush in 1849.

• At the same time, the United States had new land from Mexico.

• California would enter as a free state.

• It also created a harsher law to catch runaway slaves in the North.

The states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming were COLLECTIVELY known as....

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Gasden Purchase

• Oregon Territory

The term "popular sovereignty" is BEST defined as...

• the residents, or people, of a region or nation decide an issue by voting

• the House of Representatives vote to decide an issue

• the Senate votes to decide an issue

• the President of the United States decides an issue through executive order

What political leader partially responsible for the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John C. Calhoun

• Henry Clay

• Stephen Douglas

Read the section "The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854". What is the MOST likely reason for including information about fighting in Kansas and Nebraska?

• to highlight that tensions over slavery were leading to violent altercations

• to show how the Kansas-Nebraska Act prevented fighting in the United States

• to explain why Henry Clay worked to protect slavery in any territories that joined the United States

• to describe why free states were required to help slave owners recover runaway slaves

What information will the reader find in the section "The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854"?

• how quickly the population of western territories grew

• whether Missouri was a slave state

• how territories above the Missouri Compromise decided about slavery

• whether harsh laws would pass to catch runaway slaves

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

When was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?

• 1820

• 1850

• 1854

• 1861