Compromises and Stuff

What was the main issue with Missouri's application for statehood?

• It did not have a constitution.

• It was too large in size.

• It would upset the balance of power between slave states and free states.

• It refused to enter as a free state.

Under the Missouri Compromise, which state would enter as a free state?

• Missouri

• Kansas

• Maine

• California

What did the Wilmot Proviso suggest?

• Slavery be banned in any territory acquired through the Mexican Cession.

• Slavery be allowed in all states.

• Slavery be banned in Missouri.

• Slavery decisions to be made by popular sovereignty.

What was a part of the Compromise of 1850?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• The Wilmot Proviso being passed.

• The Fugitive Slave Act.

• Missouri entering as a slave state.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow?

• Popular sovereignty to determine the slavery issue.

• California to enter as a slave state.

• Slavery in all new territories.

• The abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

What was the reaction of Northerners to the Fugitive Slave Act?

• They felt it protected their property.

• They supported it.

• They opposed it.

• They were indifferent.

What did Uncle Tom's Cabin depict?

• The benefits of slavery.

• The evils of slavery.

• The history of the Missouri Compromise.

• The life of Henry Clay.

What did Henry Clay offer to resolve the issue when California applied to the Union as a free state?

• The Wilmot Proviso

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• A compromise

• The Missouri Compromise

What was the outcome for California under the Compromise of 1850?

• It remained a territory.

• It was admitted as a free state.

• It was divided into a free state and a slave state.

• It was admitted as a slave state.

What did the Missouri Compromise determine about future states north of latitude 36, 30?

• They would be divided equally into slave and free states.

• They would decide through popular sovereignty.

• They would be free states.

• They would be slave states.