Compromise of 1850 Quiz

Compromise of 1850 Quiz

12th Grade

22 Qs

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Compromise of 1850 Quiz

Compromise of 1850 Quiz

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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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