Compromise of 1850 Quiz

What was the Compromise of 1850?

• An agreement on trade regulations between the North and South

• A resolution to the issue of statehood for California

• A treaty between the United States and Mexico

• A series of laws dealing with the issue of slavery in the United States

Which new territories were created as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• New York and New Jersey

• Louisiana and Maine

• New Mexico and Utah

• Texas and California

What did the Compromise of 1850 call for in terms of new states and slavery?

• All new states to be free states

• All new states to be slave states

• Each new state to decide for itself whether it would be a slave or free state

• The federal government to decide the status of new states

What was the Missouri Compromise?

• A temporary measure to reduce conflict over slavery

• A plan to ban slavery from the Louisiana Territory

• An agreement to admit Missouri as a free state

• All of the above

Who presented resolutions representing the spirit of compromise in 1850?

• William H. Seward

• Daniel Webster

• John C. Calhoun

• Henry Clay

What did the North gain from the Compromise of 1850?

• The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• Texas losing the New Mexico territory

• No restrictions on slavery in the new territories

• California admitted to the Union as a free state

What did the South gain from the Compromise of 1850?

• Texas losing the New Mexico territory

• No restrictions on slavery in the new territories

• The slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C.

• California admitted to the Union as a free state

What was the Committee of Thirteen?

• A committee to oversee the implementation of the Fugitive Slave Act

• A committee to resolve the boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico

• A committee to draft a bill based on Clay's compromise resolutions

• A group of abolitionists in the North

What did the North resent about the Missouri Compromise?

• The admission of Missouri as a slave state

• Having to compromise on the moral issues of slavery

• The balance of power in the United States Senate

• The interference of Congress with slavery

What did the South resent about the Missouri Compromise?

• The balance of power in the United States Senate

• The interference of Congress with slavery

• The ban on slavery in the Louisiana Territory

• The admission of Maine as a free state