9.1 - Compromises Before the Civil War

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1.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Missouri Compromise admitted (a) as a free state and (b) as a slave state.
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8.7C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
8.
HOTSPOT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Locate the territory where slavery was prohibited according to the Missouri Compromise.
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8.10A
9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
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