Compromises over Slavery

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the - (a)  

• Revolutionary War
• War of 1812
• U.S.-Mexican War
• Civil War

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Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

• Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law

• Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California

• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C., slave markets

• Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession

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What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• The Republican Party lost influence in the federal legislature

• The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts

• Tensions among the populations of northern and southern states increased

• Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories

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Which statement describes how the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism?

• It allowed slavery to expand into the territories

• It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories

• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom

• It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories

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Which statement explains an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• The compromise maintained the balance between the number of free states and slave states in the Senate

• The compromise allowed slaves to be counted toward a state's population for representation in Congress

• The compromise enabled Southerners to pursue fugitive slaves into the North

• The compromise ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

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Reorder the following in the correct order of events

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

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How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 end the crisis over representation in Congress?

• Slavery was allowed throughout the Louisiana Territory

• New territories delayed requests for statehood for ten years

• Two new states were admitted to maintain a sectional balance

• Popular sovereignty determined the issue of slavery in new states

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Which of these statements describes one effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• Slavery was prohibited in the Missouri territory

• The Union Army was put in charge of the Confederacy

• Power between slave states and free states was balanced in the Senate

• The United States was allowed to peacefully expand into the western frontier

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During the period 1820-1860, the major concerns in the United States dealt with issues related to ​ (a)  

• determining the future of slavery
• imposing immigration quotas
• developing big business
• acquiring an overseas empire

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In the period between 1820 and 1860, Southerners wanted slavery extended to the Western territories so that the South could

• continue to elect Southern Presidents

• continue to dominate the Supreme Court

• keep enough strength in the Senate to protect Southern interests

• use slave labor to expand Southern manufacturing

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