Sectional Compromises

What did the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 have in common?

• Both contained provisions that made it more difficult for escaped slaves to be returned to the South.

• Both compromises were necessary to address the problem of adding new states in the west.

• Both were necessary to ensure that a railway was built across the midwest.

• Both permanently addressed the issue of slavery in the new western states.

Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) anger abolitionists in the North?

• The slave trade in Washington, D.C., was banned.

• The Missouri Compromise was repealed.

• Fugitive slaves had to be returned to the South.

• Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state.

Which compromise led to violence between pro-slavery forces and abolition supporters?

• Missouri Compromise (1820)

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

Why would abolitionists be angry about the Compromise of 1850?

• Kansas and Nebraska were granted the right of popular sovereignty.

• Missouri entered the Union as a free state.

• Slavery was banned above the "36/30" line.

• Northerners had to help return escaped slaves to their owners in the South

Which state was added as a free state in the Missouri Compromise?

• 
  Missouri

• Maine

• Kansas

• California

How did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 affect relations between the North and the South?

• It improved relations by providing a clear process for the return of escaped slaves.

• It worsened relations by requiring Northerners to assist in the capture of escaped slaves.

• It had no significant impact on North-South relations.

• It led to a temporary truce between abolitionists and slaveholders.