Compromise of 1850

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

• California

• Maine

• Missouri

• Texas

Which politician from Kentucky was instrumental in creating the Compromise of 1850? Hint: He also was key in passing the Missouri Compromise in 1820,

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• John C. Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln

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

• Oklahoma and Texas

• Michigan and Ohio

Which part of the nation would be most in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• The Northern free states

• The Southern slave states

• California

• The states in New England

What part of the Compromise of 1850 caused the most conflict between the North and the South?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Balance of power in Congress

• That California was entered as a slave state

• That Oregon became a slave state.

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 outlawed slave auctions in...

• Washington, DC

• Richmond

• New Orleans

• Charleston

What did the Compromise of 1850 say about the other territories acquired by the US from Mexico?

• The people would decide whether they wanted slavery.

• They would automatically become slave states.

• Slavery was banned.

• All of the above.

The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...

• Freedom Act.

• Emancipation Act.

• Slaveowners Act.

• Fugitive Slave Act.

The Fugitive Slave Act...

• increased Underground Railroad Activity.

• led to resistance in the North.

• infuriated abolitionists.

• All of the above