Missouri Compromise of 1850

The Missouri Compromise of 1850 allowed what state to be admitted into the Union?

• New Mexico

• California

• Utah

• Nevada

Who proposed the compromise as an omnibus bill on January 29, 1850?

• Senator Stephan A. Douglas

• Senator Henry Cray

• Senator John C. Calhoun

• Senator Henry Clay

Of the following, which was not part of the compromise?

• California is admitted into the Union as free state

• The Slave Trade in D.C. is abolished

• The Fugitive Slave Act is amended to be more lenient

• Territories of New Mexico and Utah have the right to popular sovereignty regarding slavery

What caused the need for a compromise?

• California requested to be part of the Union as a free state

• The U.S. gained new territory from the Mexican-American War

• The southern slave states started to attack the northern free states

• President Taylor died, leading to the ascendency of Millard Fillmore as president

True or False: Senator Henry Clay's omnibus bill succeeding in passing the U.S. congress

• False

• True

How did Senator Stephen Douglas alter Clay's compromise?

• By rewriting the entire compromise with different content

• By abolishing slavery, instead of the Slave Trade, in D.C.

• By splitting it into 5 separate bills

• He did not alter Clay's compromise

What was a main reason why the Missouri Compromise of 1850 failed to be a permanent solution?

• California's acceptance into the Union started riots across the country

• President Fillmore disapproved of the compromise

• It was rushed and not thought out properly

• The newly amended Fugitive Slave Act triggered a strong reaction in the North

What did the compromise delay at the time?

• The Civil War

• The admission of California into the Union

• The secession of the North

• The secession of the South

The Missouri Compromise of 1850 is related to what event(s)?

• The ascendency of President Fillmore

• Bleeding Kansas

• The Civil War

• The death of Senator Henry Clay

Of those that were mentioned, who was strongly against the Missouri Compromise of 1850?

• Senator Stephen A. Douglas

• Senator John C. Calhoun

• Senator Daniel Webster

• Senator Henry Clay