Free States vs. Slave States

What was the main issue that caused a divide in the United States?

• The issue of slavery

• Taxation without representation

• Prohibition

• Women's suffrage

What did abolitionists want?

• To maintain the status quo

• To expand slavery to new states

• To create more slave states

• To abolish slavery or prevent its spread

What did the Missouri Compromise achieve?

• It ended slavery in the United States

• It allowed Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• It declared all states as free states

• It made slave trading legal in all states

What was a significant consequence of the Compromise of 1850?

• It declared all new territories as slave territories

• It allowed California to become a free state and introduced the Fugitive Slave Act

• It made California a slave state

• It abolished the Fugitive Slave Act

Why was the balance between free and slave states important?

• To prevent any one side from passing laws to its advantage

• To maintain peace between the North and South

• To ensure equal taxation

• To encourage more states to join the Union

What did the new territories of Utah and New Mexico get to decide according to the Compromise of 1850?

• Whether to impose taxes on cotton

• Whether to join the Union

• Whether to allow slavery

• Whether to become free states