Quiz on the Compromises of 1850 and 1820

What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act in the Compromise of 1850?

• To establish new free states

• To abolish slavery in the United States

• To grant freedom to escaped slaves

• To require the return of escaped slaves to their owners

What was the direct result of the Missouri Compromise?

• War broke out between the states over slavery.

• It gave slave states an advantage in total population.

• It temporarily forestalled the outbreak of the Civil War.

• The free states held a majority in the House and Senate.

What was the relationship between the Missouri Compromise and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in certain areas of the country, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed new states to decide whether or not to allow slavery.

• The Missouri Compromise led to an imbalance between slave and free states and deadlock in Congress, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act restored balance to the legislature.

• The Missouri Compromise served to limit the population west of the Missouri River, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act caused a population explosion in the Kansas Territory.

• The Missouri Compromise caused the Whig Party to form in support of the compromise, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act caused the Whigs to split and create the Republican Party.

The Compromise of 1850 consisted of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery. Based on the information on the map, which of the following best describes how slavery became a states' rights issue?

• The Compromise of 1850 increased the number of free states.

• The Compromise of 1850 abolished slaveholding in United States territories.

• This law supported the provisions of the Kansas Nebraska Act.

• The act increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding.

What is the concept of popular sovereignty as it relates to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• The settlers of a territory determine whether slavery would be allowed within its borders.

• The federal government determines the status of slavery in new territories

• The act prohibited slavery in the northern parts of the Louisiana Purchase territory

• The act allowed slavery in all new territories

How did the Missouri Compromise postpone the outbreak of the Civil War?