The Missouri Compromise Quiz:  NBC News learn

The Missouri Compromise Quiz: NBC News learn

8th Grade

10 Qs

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The Missouri Compromise Quiz:  NBC News learn

The Missouri Compromise Quiz: NBC News learn

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

In which year did the representation in the Senate become equally balanced between states that allowed slavery and states that prohibited it?

1819

1840

1820

1830

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

What was the major divide between the north and the south during the Missouri Compromise?

Economic policies

Slavery

Taxation laws

Foreign relations

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

Who is known as the 'great compromiser' for guiding the Missouri Compromise bill through the Senate?

James Talmage

Henry Clay

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

What did the Missouri Compromise declare regarding the admission of Missouri and Maine into the Union?

Missouri as a free state and Maine as a slave state

Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

Both as free states

Both as slave states

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

According to Thomas Jefferson, what did the Missouri debate signal?

Economic prosperity

National unity

A crisis that would tear the country apart

Foreign alliances

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

What did the Congress declare regarding the extension of slavery as part of the Missouri Compromise?

Banned south of a certain line and permitted north of it

Permitted south of a certain line and banned north of it

Banned in all territories

Permitted in all territories

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

What did the northern politicians call for as a condition for Missouri's admission to the Union?

Tax reforms

Economic sanctions

Gradual emancipation of slaves

Military alliances

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