OLS 5th History Lesson 6.3 - Another Compromise

Why was the practice of enslavement in the United States hypocritical?

• People in the North refused to allow runaway enslaved people to live in their states.

• The practice went against the ideals of freedom on which the nation was founded.

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    It was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

• It had existed throughout the world for thousands of years.

Who spoke out against the practice of enslavement?

• Thomas Jefferson

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    John Calhoun

Which statement about the North and South after the year 1820 is true?

• The South's economy was turning from agriculture to manufacturing.

• The South was rapidly becoming industrialized.

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    The North was becoming more urban and industrial.

• The North was becoming an agricultural society.

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 accomplish?

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    It gave states that allowed enslavement more power in the Senate.

• It allowed enslavement in most of the Louisiana Purchase territory.

• It gave the North more votes in the Senate and the South more votes in the House of Representatives.

• It maintained the balance between free states and states that allowed enslavement.

  
  

Which word means "the act of withdrawing from a country and forming another government"?

• secession

• nullify

• paradox

• sectionalism

Which statement best describes the goal of the Compromise of 1850?

• to resolve the issue of whether enslavement should be allowed in new territory

• to help the South become more industrialized

• to preserve the Union by meeting demands on both sides of the issue of enslavement

• to keep a balance in the executive branch of free states and states that allowed enslavement

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

• It stated that enslaved people who had escaped to a free state had to be returned to the South.

• It granted freedom to any enslaved person who escaped to a free state.

• It made the practice of enslavement legal in the nation's capital.

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    It abolished the practice of enslavement in the South, which is what led to the secession of the Southern states.