
Compromise of 1850 Quiz
Authored by Mary Berry
History
12th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which state applied for admission to the Union as a free state as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Texas
California
New Mexico
Utah
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the most controversial aspect of the Compromise of 1850?
California's Admission as a Free State
Abolition of the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia
Fugitive Slave Act
New Mexico and Utah Territories - Popular Sovereignty
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 require?
Providing financial compensation to escaped slaves
Allowing escaped slaves to settle in free states
Granting freedom to escaped slaves
Return of escaped slaves to their owners
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Compromise of 1850 allow for in the territories of New Mexico and Utah?
Immediate abolition of slavery
Expansion of slavery without restrictions
Federal government control over slavery
Popular sovereignty to decide on slavery
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was abolished in the District of Columbia as part of the Compromise of 1850?
Nothing related to slavery
Slavery
The slave trade
Both slavery and the slave trade
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Texas cede in exchange for the federal government assuming a significant portion of its debt?
Land in California
Land in Arizona
Land in New Mexico
Land in Utah
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the significance of the Compromise of 1850?
It resolved the issue of slavery expansion
It postponed the larger issue of slavery expansion
It intensified tensions between North and South
It led to the outbreak of the Civil War
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