9.1 - Compromises Before the Civil War

The Missouri Compromise admitted ​ (a)   as a free state and ​ (b)   as a slave state.

• Maine
• Missouri
• California

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8.7C

Which statement explains an effect of the Missouri Compromise

• The compromise enabled Southerners to pursue fugitive slaves into the North.

• The compromise maintained the balance between the number of free states and slave states.

• The compromise allowed slaves to be counted toward a state’s population for representation in Congress.

• The compromise ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

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What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

• It increased the number of immigrants settling in northern states.

• It provided financing for canal construction.

• It rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states.

• It temporarily relieved sectional tensions.

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Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?

• California was admitted as a free state.

• Slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C

• Maine was admitted as a free state.

• The Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

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This poster was printed after passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. What conclusion can be made about the consequences of this law?

• Northern law enforcement officials would attempt to capture runaway slaves.

• Northern law enforcement officials would not be interested in capturing runaway slaves.

• Northerners were more likely than southerners to approve of the capture of runaway slaves

• Southerners would be forced to capture runaway slaves.

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8.7B

Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

• Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession.

• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C., slave markets.

• Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in eastern factories.

• Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.

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8.7B

What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• The Democratic Party lost influence in the federal legislature.

• The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts.

• Sectional tensions among between northern and southern states increased.

• Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories.

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8.7C

Locate the territory where slavery was prohibited according to the Missouri Compromise.

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8.10A

What was the fundamental question addressed in both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

• Should the U.S. expand westward?

• Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?

• Should slavery be allowed in new states?

• Should states be able to secede from the Union?

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8.7C